Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
Assign a task to a person based on their experience working with other resources, which is measured by factors such as the time taken for handovers, number of interactions, and diversity of experience with different people
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).
The review risk task in a loan application process requires two resources to work together. The task is hence allocated to resources A and B as they have evidenced working well together in the past. Impact: This pattern will result in a high-quality outcome in less time and cost.
For a teamwork-based assignment, a prior understanding of the interaction of a resource with other resources needs to be known. Based on that understanding, appropriate resources will be allocated
This pattern will result in a high-quality outcome in less time and cost.
Foundational free Patterns
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Consider whether activities may be executed in parallel
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Offer customers the possibility to choose among privacy settings
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency
Workload-based task assignment
Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload
Delegate tasks according to resource cost
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement