Formalize

Boil any situation to its basic facts.

Right question is more important than right answer. To find an answer you can hire consulting firms. But if it was a wrong question their right answer will be wrong for you. (Wendell Dunn on 12.09.2008 symposium)

язык, будь он письменный или устный, помогает лучше понять. По сути это метод формализации.