Which option is NOT a reason to write the purpose and goals of an application?

• A. To obtain consensus from stakeholders
• B. To define the application's scope
• C. To ensure efficient process modeling
• D. To help validate the completed application's success

Answer: (C)

Focusing on why you document an application's purpose and goals: it helps ensure everyone agrees on what the project aims to achieve, makes clear what will be included or excluded, and provides a basis for judging success after the app is built. These are exactly why you’d write the purpose and goals: to align stakeholders, delineate scope, and enable validation of the final product. Efficient process modeling, while it can benefit from clear goals, is an activity driven by modeling methods and workflows rather than a direct outcome of documenting the goals. So the option describing efficient process modeling isn’t a primary reason for writing the purpose and goals.