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Collaboration requires individuals working together in a coordinated fashion, towards a common goal.

Accomplishing the goal is the primary purpose for bringing the team together.

Collaborative software helps facilitate action-oriented teams working together over geographic distances by providing tools that aid communication, collaboration and the process of problem solving.

Additionally, collaborative software may support project management functions, such as task assignments, time-managing deadlines, and shared calendars.

The artifacts, the tangible evidence of the problem solving process, and the final outcome of the collaborative effort, require documentation and may involve archiving project plans, deadlines and deliverables.