Yes, very much so. I need a PO who can answer that question, and I judge the competence of a PO based on their ability to do so. I don't care about the requirem

Yes, very much so. I need a PO who can answer that question, and I judge the competence of a PO based on their ability to do so. I don't care about the requirements or feature list you drew up until you can explain to me what problem you're trying to solve. It's vital both from a product polish standpoint and a personal satisfaction standpoint, to be able to visualize a real person using this thing to solve real-life problems at the end of the process.