[_shadi]

the writer assumes that sprints are adopted to help the developers, while in fact its a tool so that product owners track progress in a way to have a shorter feedback cycle than in months.

Of course its more convenient not to worry about sprints and time/points and "just work", and that is usually the case in startups or backend teams where the stakeholders are all always present in the same room, but once you add more layers to the organisation chart it becomes harder to track what everyone is focused on right now and that they are planning to do next without sprints or something similar.