Most teams track improvement tasks in a spreadsheet, on a whiteboard, in a separate project management tool, or not at all. These tasks are often lost or forgotten, or become a collective assignment that then belongs to nobody. The problem though isn’t the task, it’s the disconnect. When a Kaizen item or improvement opportunity lives in a separate system, it loses context. You know generally what needs to change, but not exactly what, where, or when. Following through on it becomes harder than it should be.
Issues in Threaded solve this by giving you a lightweight task management system built directly into the Process. Every issue can be attached to a specific node, procedure, or part, meaning your improvement backlog isn’t floating in a spreadsheet. Instead it’s anchored to the process it’s meant to improve.
#Creating an Issue
Click Add Issue in the top right of the Issues page, or create one directly from a process node. Each issue includes:
- Description — what needs to be done
- Type — categorize the work: Design, Parts, Tooling, Process, People, or Other
- Status — Not started, In process, Blocked, Archived, or Done
- Priority — High, Medium, Low, or None
- Owner — assign it to a team member
- Impact Amount — optionally quantify the expected value of the improvement
- Due Date — set a target completion date
- Attached To — link the issue to a specific node or area of your process
- Notes — add context, findings, or instructions
- Media — attach images, documents, or other reference files to make the problem clear
- Comments — collaborate with your team directly on the issue no matter where you are
#Viewing and Managing Issues
The Issues page gives you a full view of everything in flight across your organization. Filter by My Issues, Unassigned, or Overdue to focus on what needs attention. Click the three-dot menu on the left of any row to duplicate, mark an issue complete, or open its details to edit the full issue without leaving the page.
Issues with an Impact Amount and Due Date give you a clear picture of what’s at stake and what’s falling behind, which is useful for prioritization and for making the case for improvement investments.
#The Value of Connecting Issues to Process
The real power of Issues is the connection to your value stream. When an issue is attached to a node or procedure, it stays visible in context as your team works on that part of the process. Improvement ideas don’t get lost, and when the AI Assistant surfaces an opportunity or proposes a change, it can create and assign an issue directly, keeping the full loop from insight to execution inside Threaded.