Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Assign tasks based on the unique skills of the person(s) involved. Expertise is defined as the specialised skills possessed by a resource
Goel, K., Fehrer, T., Röglinger, M., & Wynn, M. T. (2023). Not Here, But There: Human Resource Allocation Patterns. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 377–394).
Foundational free Patterns
Combine small activities into composite activities
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Minimize numerical involvement
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Consider whether it is eco-friendly to let humans work over machines
Offer customers the possibility to serve themselves
Experience-based task assignment
Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions
Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation
Preference-based task assignment
Let people do what they love to do
Delegate tasks according to resource cost