[tialaramex]

I would guess that Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes would be a good exercise to learn what the problem is without getting into domain specific skills.

https://keeptalkinggame.com/ (ideally play this with the defusal in VR)

KTANE even has (to a greater extent, and for humour) the ambiguities that can trouble talking to somebody about programming, like offering "YES", "AND", "&" and "NO" as options somebody needs to pick quickly.