Often there is not so much work for PO as many projects are not dealing with something new but a slight variation of existing functionality. In contrast to this

Often there is not so much work for PO as many projects are not dealing with something new but a slight variation of existing functionality. In contrast to this just reinventing the wheel on a newer stack requires many architectural, tactical and technical decisions. The role of the architect has been relegated to ‚the team‘ and is parceled into user stories chopped into sprints. Without balancing mechanisms for product and technical leadership we will continue to produce random quality under consistent high pain.