Elevate physical constraints by applying new technology
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In general, new technology can offer all kinds of positive effects. For example, the application of a workflow management system may result in less time that is spent on logistical tasks.
A Document Management System will open up the information available on cases to all participants, which may result in a better quality of service. New technology can also change the traditional way of doing business by giving participants complete new possibilities.
The purchase, development, implementation, training, and maintenance efforts related to technology are obviously costly. In addition, new technology may arouse fear with workers or may result in other subjective effects; this may deteriorate the quality of the workflow.
Foundational free Patterns
Determine whether activities are related to the same type of case and, if necessary, distinguish new business processes
Design business processes for typical cases and isolate exceptional cases from the normal flow
Collect similar work items and work in batches
Start implementing actions that can offset or counterbalance the environmental effects generated by business processes that cannot be changed.
Automate for environmental impact
Implement automation in a sustainable way
Assign tasks based on resources' roles in the organisation
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Allocate task based on past feedback or quality metrics
Delegate tasks according to resource cost
Consider automating activities
Automate for environmental impact
Implement automation in a sustainable way