PMP Practice Question: People — Predictive, Medium
You are managing a predictive engineering project with team members from three different countries across multiple time zones. During the first month of execution, you notice that team members in the Asia-Pacific region are not participating actively in status meetings held at 9 AM Eastern Time, and their updates are often brief or submitted via email. The project communication management plan specifies weekly synchronous team meetings. Project deliverables from the Asia-Pacific team are on schedule but there are increasing integration issues with other regional teams. What should you do?
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