Everything you said is great, but it's not how it plays out for a lot of developers. The people and the politics don't go away because some rules have nominally

Everything you said is great, but it's not how it plays out for a lot of developers. The people and the politics don't go away because some rules have nominally been adopted. Politically adept people¹ in manager/PO roles will continue to pretend they're following the rules while doing whatever they damn well please. And when what they please is to micromanage or worse, the developers haven't suddenly gained people savvy because of these rules. They will have just as much trouble fending off the problems as before. Possibly more, in fact, because the (Scrum) rules can be used as cover. Or lead the developers to believe they're protected by the rules, so they don't need to be aware of politics. --- ¹"Sociopaths" if you will, but in the "Gervais Principle" meaning, not the DSM.