1. An apparatus comprising: a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader; and a control circuit operably coupled to the RFID reader, the control circuit being configured to: detect, using at least information received via the RFID reader regarding a reading of one or more RFID tags by the RFID reader, one or more circumstances that evidence a status of interest pertaining to performance of a task of interest, wherein the detection of the one or more circumstances occurs automatically when a task resource assigned to complete the task of interest arrives at an expected location for the performance of the task, and wherein the task resource is associated with the performance of the task of interest; and make a determination that the performance of the task of interest has likely been completed.