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
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Foundational free Patterns
Buffer external information and subscribe to updates
Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Empower workers for more decision-making authority
Establish standardized interfaces
Consider a standardized interface with customers and partners
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Experience-based task assignment
Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement
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