When someone explains something to me, and I go blank, what I have gotten in the habit of doing is to just produce what I think they want without worrying much at all if I have it correct, and then ask them to point at the first thing wrong with it.
Typically, with a report, I just say "give me one example, one row, that isn't right".
Once I have the boundary of my understanding pinpointed, it's fairly easy to infer a lot of complex details about what they want that are hard for them to articulate and for me to understand when described.
This may not be ideal, but it's more practical for me to build my own mental model with help than try to translate someone else's.
Source material, I dunno. It tends not to be up to date or relevant and I don't know where to focus.
Typically, with a report, I just say "give me one example, one row, that isn't right".
Once I have the boundary of my understanding pinpointed, it's fairly easy to infer a lot of complex details about what they want that are hard for them to articulate and for me to understand when described.
This may not be ideal, but it's more practical for me to build my own mental model with help than try to translate someone else's.
Source material, I dunno. It tends not to be up to date or relevant and I don't know where to focus.