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
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
Offer customers the possibility to serve themselves
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
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