Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
Task delegation is when a person who was originally assigned a task passes it on to another person based on their position in the organisational hierarchy.
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Foundational free Patterns
Consider automating activities
Combine small activities into composite activities
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.
Move activities to more appropriate places
Consider the division of a general activity into two or more alternative activities
Execute tasks when the grid is powered by renewable energy
Let products appear greener
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources