I think the goal of scrum is exactly what you are striving for: to only have the end result count. If you can achieve this without a process, that's great. Howe

I think the goal of scrum is exactly what you are striving for: to only have the end result count. If you can achieve this without a process, that's great. However, that puts a big responsibility on the developer: you need to weigh development effort against business benefits and really try to understand the customer. If you are up for it and capable of it, that's great, then you don't need scrum or any framework. You are then the owner, period. However, in my experience, most developers do not really care about the business side of things. Also there expertise is often not in prioritizing development efforts to maximize business value. So I can completely understand what you are saying, but most developers are not you (in my experience) and they do not naturally own the things they create.