Are you the one person on your team responsible for setting the vision and writing the code? You're not alone.

The Scrum Guide allows one person to hold both the Product Owner (PO) and Developer accountabilities, but it creates intense internal conflict—the battle between prioritizing value and just getting stuff done.

Does your development team feel like they are in a state of constant firefighting?

Are you running just to stay in place, unable to deliver new value without breaking something else?

This feeling is a classic symptom of accumulated technical debt. This post reveals three counter-intuitive shifts in perspective that can help you and your team communicate the critical importance of this invisible work and finally get it prioritized.