Allocate tasks based on individuals' incomplete workload
Assign tasks to people based on their workload, which refers to the number of task instances started but not yet completed 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
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Elevate physical constraints by applying new technology
Avoid shared responsibilities for tasks by people from different functional units
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Preference-based task assignment
Let people do what they love to do
Reassign tasks along the organisational hierarchy
Allocate task based on collaborative experience: handover time, interactions, diversity
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints