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
Let workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Empower workers for more decision-making authority
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Let products appear greener
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Performance-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on past performance: execution time and success
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources