1. A computer system comprising: a computer processor; and logic instructions on tangible computer readable media and executable by the computer processor to cause the computer processor to: instantiate a collaborative correlated query process (CQP) template, the collaborative CQP template defining roles and steps, each step being executable by one of the roles, the processor being assigned a designated role; receive a correlated query configured in accordance to the collaborative CQP template; execute a step executable by the designated role; and communicate a message to indicate completion of the step.