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
Consider automating activities
Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Design business processes for typical cases and isolate exceptional cases from the normal flow
Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.
Delegate and optimize your operations
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
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