A woman walks into a retailer, to buy a new computer. She’s an architect, and her needs are like any capable member of that uncommon profession. Her computer should be able to manage large files and demanding software, with a few accessories she already has in mind.
Those needs are specific to an architect’s work, yes, but does that mean those needs are complicated, intricate, or convoluted?
No, it doesn’t. She knows her work, and can list briefly the specifications for a computer, either in hardware or its capacity to manage the software an architect uses.
A competent professional (as she is) would know her mind and needs without many small requests. It’s a few main requirements that matter. She needn’t list twenty-one specifications, for example, with an additional four for good measure, to buy a computer.
She’s using the computer, after all, not building one in Cupertino. Operating & storage capacities, graphics resolution, wireless capabilities, and required accessory devices will comprise a list of far less than twenty-one or twenty-five items.
So it should be when evaluating an official: what do you think the official is supposed to do, do you think he or she has done it, and how well do you think the official has done it?
There’s power of reasoning in the ability to ask and explain concisely. I know that those concise explanations seem, to some, to be inadequate or unsophisticated.
They’re quite the opposite; they’re how many capable people (from diverse & demanding vocations) speak, write, and manage their work.