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
Reduce the number of contacts with customers and third parties
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Establish standardized interfaces
Consider a standardized interface with customers and partners
Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.
Consider to deepen or broaden the skills of resources
Offer customers the possibility to serve themselves
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
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