In international projects it is imperative that you do anything that you can to save time so that you can deal with issues and opportunities, and communicate with the team and management. You cannot afford to be stuck in front of some computer doing data entry or reinventing the wheel. The unified approach of templates, issues, and lessons learned will save you a great deal of effort. Moreover, you will begin to see the payoff in improved communications and reduced effort in your current and future international projects.