Let people do what they love to do
Assign a task to a person based on the person’s preference. Preference is defined as a set of activities that the person has an inclination towards and hence may have been executed more often along with higher execution efficiency by a person
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
Buffer external information and subscribe to updates
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.
Elevate physical constraints by applying new technology
Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency