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Research Square has withdrawn this preprint due to significant portions of plagiarized content directly copied from the published manuscript How did COVID-19 Impact Software Design Activities in Global Software Engineering - Systematic Review , authored by Mahum Advil et al., and received by the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering on 31 August 2023. Editorial notes are used to provide important context regarding the topic of a preprint or to alert readers to potential issues concerning that preprint or a downstream publication associated with it. For more information on editorial notes, see our Editorial Policies . Abstract 13 June, 2024. Research Square has withdrawn this preprint due to significant portions of plagiarized content directly copied from the published manuscript How did COVID-19 Impact Software Design Activities in Global Software Engineering - Systematic Review , authored by Mahum Advil et al., and received by the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering on 31 August 2023. Theoretical Computer Science Full Text 13 June, 2024. Research Square has withdrawn this preprint due to significant portions of plagiarized content directly copied from the published manuscript [How did COVID-19 Impact Software Design Activities in Global Software Engineering - Systematic Review](https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194024500098), authored by Mahum Advil et al., and received by the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering on 31 August 2023. 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