Exactly. This article starts with a misunderstanding: > In Scrum, Product Owners have sole authority over the Product Backlog While, as per your quote (emphas

Exactly. This article starts with a misunderstanding: > In Scrum, Product Owners have sole authority over the Product Backlog While, as per your quote (emphasis mine) > The Product Owner is also _accountable_ for effective Product Backlog management… The Product Owner may do the above work or may delegate the responsibility to others. Regardless, the Product Owner remains _accountable_. Meaning they have the final say, not that they decide on their own without any input from the team. My impression is that OP just had to work with bad POs who didn't understand their role.