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
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Reduce the number of contacts with customers and third parties
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Empower workers for more decision-making authority
Design business processes for typical cases and isolate exceptional cases from the normal flow
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success
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