I know that an analyst isn’t going to be able to discuss projects on the same technical level as the nerds she’s working with. But we’ve got one whose understanding is so poor, she can only speak in generalizations like this:

“What should I label your task as?” “Can I mark items 15-19 complete?” “Is everyone in the meeting in agreement?”

I thought it was just her, but then in this morning’s meeting a program manager (who I thought was more knowledgeable) was doing the same thing. Is this really adding value to the discussion?