A project team needs to follow regulatory compliance guidelines that are mandatory for the project. What should the project manager do to ensure compliance adherence?

Reviewing compliance only at the project's end is a reactive approach that risks late-stage discoveries of non-compliance, leading to costly rework and delays.

Assigning compliance responsibility to a single team member creates a single point of failure and does not guarantee that compliance is consistently applied across all team activities.

Including compliance within development tools, such as automated checks in CI/CD pipelines or static analysis, embeds compliance into the workflow. This proactive integration ensures continuous adherence, minimizes human error, and makes compliance an inherent part of every stage of the project lifecycle.

Assessing compliance only 'when there is time' prioritizes it poorly, increasing the risk of non-compliance, legal issues, and potential project failure.