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development (collaborative product design) (CPD) is a business
strategy, work process and collection of software applications
that facilitates different organizations to work together on the
development of a product. It is also known as collaborative
product definition management (cPDM).[citation needed]
Collaborative Product Development helps individual users and
companies manage, share and view your CAD projects without the
cost and complexity of purchasing an entire PDM or PLM solution.
CPD comes in the form of a Software as a service delivery model,
which allows for rapid iterations and little or no downloads and
installs.  Exactly what technology comes under this title does
vary depending on whom one asks; however, it usually consists of
the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) areas of: Product Data
Management (PDM); Product visualization; team collaboration and
conferencing tools;