a clerk is a person who takes notes at a meeting.
a person who takes notes at a meeting?
clerk
meanwhile, sir humphrey appleby is meeting with sir arnold robinson, the cabinet secretary, who has decided to retire in the new year. he must recommend his replacement to the prime minister, and lists what he believes are the necessary qualities for the post. he tells sir humphrey that the job entails finding questions rather than answers, in particular knowing the "key question." sir humphrey changes the subject and enquires of sir arnold what he will be doing during his retirement. this turns out to be a "very good question." sir arnold makes a few suggestions of activities in which he would be interested (most of them chairmanships of quangos), while sir humphrey takes notes. the permanent secretary reassures sir arnold that his eventual successor should be able to arrange them for him, and sir humphrey is told that his name is now top of the list—in fact the only one on it.
party games (yes minister)
walkthroughs are the most time-consuming and most formal of the informal methods. while they are the most time-consuming, they are also the most effective at identifying issues with the model. a walkthrough is a scheduled meeting with the author/authors in charge of the model, or documents that are set to be reviewed. in addition to the authors, there is usually a group of senior technical, and possibly business staff that are there to analyze the model. finally, there is a facilitator who is in charge of leading the meeting. prior to the official meeting, the author/authors will review the document/model for any potential cosmetic errors. when this has been reviewed, it is passed on to the meeting audience so they have a chance to thoroughly review it for inconsistencies prior to the meeting. the audience will gather up any questions or concerns that they might have based on their expertise in the field as well as their knowledge of the system. at the meeting, the author will present the document to the audience, explaining the methods and findings outlined. the facilitator is responsible for fielding questions from the audience and presenting them in a non-threatening way. in addition to leading the structure of the meeting, the facilitator takes notes of issues that still remain in order to be distributed and reanalyzed later.
informal methods (validation and verification)