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
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.
Minimize numerical involvement
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units
Offer a green alternative with the same outcome, utilizing different steps, resources, or partners, while retaining the previous existing process
Automate for environmental impact
Implement automation in a sustainable way
Consider whether it is eco-friendly to let humans work over machines
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Workload-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources