A geographically distributed team continues to email status reports and update schedules after weekly meetings, making it difficult to track changes and progress. What should the project manager do?

The correct answer is to maintain a central repository of artifacts with a version control system. This approach directly addresses the problem of tracking changes and progress by providing a single, authoritative source for all project documents. A version control system ensures that all team members are working with the latest information, tracks modifications, and allows for easy rollback to previous versions if needed. Facilitating training on version control and project artifacts is a good step, but without a system in place, the training would be less effective. Maintaining separate document control via regions would exacerbate the problem of discrepancies and make tracking even more difficult. Developing custom document management software is generally not a practical or cost-effective solution for most projects, as commercial off-the-shelf solutions are readily available and robust.