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
Consider whether activities may be executed in parallel
Move activities to more appropriate places
Automate for environmental impact
Implement automation in a sustainable way
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
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