Scrum disempowers developers

Robin, most of what you mentioned in your article are true and I agree with them. I had very similar situations (conversatons may end up with "alright, this is Product Owner’s call") and I understand most of developers get frustrated about this. I had been there and I was the developer who got frustrated, but I managed to change it (yep I also agree Scrum does not teach us how and we had to figure it out ourselves) by understanding PO, influencing them about what we proposed by describing value and making a plan for win-win. It is not a fun journey to be honest, but once you are there (we are not completely there yet) your team will trust each other and work more collaboratively. I am really happy to know I am not alone and I have so much to say and share, if you are interested in it, saw my experience at https://medium.com/@ericjwhuang/how-scrum-fails-and-what-you...