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
Eliminate unnecessary activities
Buffer external information and subscribe to updates
Design business processes for typical cases and isolate exceptional cases from the normal flow
Elevate physical constraints by applying new technology
Consider to deepen or broaden the skills of resources
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation
Preference-based task assignment
Let people do what they love to do
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