# Requirements Engineering for a Drone-Enabled Integrated Humanitarian Logistics Platform
## 8 Conclusions  
This study aimed to elicit, specify and validate the requirements for AIRDROP, a proposed integrated HL platform, ensuring their suitability across diverse disaster scenarios and all stages of disaster management. Following a thorough process of elicitation and specification, which involved gathering insights from the literature and consultations with industry experts, the validation process involved a questionnaire survey administered to 26 participants from various professional backgrounds. The requirements were prioritized using the MoSCow methodology, and significant differences among participant groups were identified through the Kruskal-Wallis H and Mann-Whitney U tests. The results guided the selection of requirements for the design phase. This process entailed the exclusion of \"SHOULD\" and \"COULD\" requirements, with a focus on prioritizing essential \"MUST\" requirements, aligning with a user-centric approach. Further refinement considered factors like technological complexities and practicality, leading to the exclusion of four \"MUST\" requirements, specifically focusing on those where significant differences were present among participant groups. Additionally, two critical requirements were introduced, one for the rescue and another for the UI modules. As a result, 276 requirements advanced to the design phase. It is important to recognize that requirements in the field of HL, as in many dynamic domains, are subject to continuous evolution. What is considered a critical requirement today may evolve as technology and regulations change over time. Therefore, ongoing assessment and adaptation of requirements will be integral in the design phase to ensure that AIRDROP remains cutting-edge and aligned with the evolving needs. Despite the ever-increasing need for this integration, it remains a largely underexplored area of research [6; 97], particularly in humanitarian contexts, contrasting with their widespread use in civilian applications [98]. With its sixteen unique services, AIRDROP emerges as a cutting-edge tool, devised for a broad range of disaster scenarios and phases, from mitigation and preparedness to response and recovery, effectively aligning itself with the academic endeavor for holistic methodologies in HL [44]. Unlike other platforms discussed in the literature, AIRDROP uniquely covers all aspects of disaster management, offering an unprecedented solution that addresses both the operational and logistical challenges across its full spectrum. Methodologically, this work utilizes DSR, identifying critical features and technical components that enhance drone performance in HL, in line with the recommendations of recent studies focusing on drones in supply chain management and logistics [97]. Furthermore, this research underscores the critical role of stakeholder engagement in the technology development process. By actively involving--through a questionnaire survey disaster management professionals, tech experts, academics, end-users, and community representatives in the co-design of AIRDROP, the research highlights the value of collaborative technology development and sets a standard for involving diverse perspectives in creating relevant and responsive disaster management solutions [99]. The theoretical importance of this research lies in addressing a significant gap in the existing HL literature. The study not only fills the void of empirical research in HL [70,71,73]--a field dominated by commercial logistics studies [72]--but also contributes to the theoretical understanding of how integrated technological solutions can enhance disaster management effectiveness. The use of mixed methods, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, provides a robust framework for developing comprehensive, real-world solutions that are both theoretically sound and practically viable.