How did COVID-19 Impact Software Design Activities in Global Software Engineering — Systematic Review

This dataset is part of research publication How did COVID-19 Impact Software Design Activities in Global Software Engineering — Systematic Review published in International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering.  This study systematically analyzes the evolution of research emphasis in the field of Global Software Engineering (GSE), particularly focusing on the software design phase during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key contribution

1. Systematic analysis of GSE research
   • Phase 1 - Mapped GSE research over the two decades leading to the pandemic (2000–2020)
   • Phase 2 - Used the forward snowballing approach to examine literature on the software design phase published between 2020 and 2022.
2. Analyzed trends in GSE research through 592 research studies across both phases.

Dataset content

The dataset consis of following files:

1. Readme file - Overview and instructions for the dataset.
2. Search string and snowballing - Contains the search strings used in the first phase and details of the forward snowballing approach used in the second phase.
3. Data extraction template and Inclusion/exclusion criteria - Includes the template for organizing key features of papers relevant to the research questions and lists the inclusion and exclusion criteria applied.
4. Screening process - Describes the three-level screening process applied in both phases (title, abstract, full text). A separate tab analyzes primary studies used in the second phase.
5. RQs analysis - Provides detailed analysis of research questions (RQs) from the final set of 592 papers.