ThreadWare is built from modules - Sales, Production, Quality and so on. An administrator gives you a role in each module, for each company you work in. The menu is built from those roles. So if something in this guide is not in your menu, it has not been given to you yet. Ask your administrator, or log a support ticket. To see what you currently hold, click your initials in the top right and choose My Access & Roles.
How this differs from Risk / Incident Management
| Risk / Incident Management | Governance |
|---|---|
| Something that happened, or could happen, on the floor. | Something that threatens the business as a whole. |
| A guard missing from a machine. A chemical spill. A near miss. | A contract exposure. A compliance gap. A key-person dependency. |
| Reported by anyone, worked by responders. | Raised and managed by managers, watched by the executive. |
If in doubt, ask: would this be on a board agenda? If yes, Governance. If it needs somebody with a spanner, Risk / Incident Management.
Can I use it?
| Role | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Governance Manager | Report and manage governance risks. |
| Executive Committee Member | Executive visibility of governance items. This role also opens a wide view across other modules for reporting. |
| Governance Admin | Administer everything in the module. |
Where to find it
Menu ▸ Governance Management
| Menu item | What it is |
|---|---|
| View Governance List | The main list of governance risks. |
| Report Governance Risk | Raise a new one. |
| Governance Reporter View | The list as a reporter sees it. |
| Governance Admin View | The full administrative view. |
| List Risks | A simple flat list, handy for printing or scanning. |
| Risk Types | Maintain the governance risk type list. Needs Governance Admin. |
Raising a governance risk
- Open Report Governance Risk.
- Choose the risk type. Governance has its own separate type list from the operational module.
- Describe the risk, its likelihood and its potential impact.
- Assign an owner - somebody senior enough to actually do something about it.
- Submit.
After that, keep adding updates as the position changes. A governance risk with no updates for six months tells the board nothing.
Reports and export
The list screens have an Export to Excel button on the toolbar, which includes the filter you had applied and the date the export was made - useful for pasting into a board pack.
Asking the assistant
Governance questions need no special role for the AI Assistant - results are filtered to your own sites and access level. Note that documents in the Governance category default to Confidential access, so a lower-level user will get governance list items but not the confidential paperwork behind them.
When something looks wrong
| What you see | What it means |
|---|---|
| Governance is not in the menu | You hold no Governance role. |
| Several similar-looking list items | Normal - they are the same data through different views. You will only see the ones your role opens. |
| You cannot edit the types | Risk Types needs Governance Admin. |
| An item is missing from the list | Check the filters, then whether it belongs to a company you are assigned to. |
Related guides
- Risk / Incident Management - operational risks.
- Document Management - filing board papers and minutes.
- All guides