I agree. Product owners should be part of the team.
The separation is because I often saw Product owners saying “how” something should be made in the stories. Or invite all the developers to meetings.
If your developers need a meeting for more details, they’ll ask for it.
And let them decide how to make something; as a PO your job is to keep a lot of nonsense away from your team and talk about “what” to make with the client. Perhaps the tech lead joins some of these conversations, especially in the beginning.
The separation is because I often saw Product owners saying “how” something should be made in the stories. Or invite all the developers to meetings.
If your developers need a meeting for more details, they’ll ask for it. And let them decide how to make something; as a PO your job is to keep a lot of nonsense away from your team and talk about “what” to make with the client. Perhaps the tech lead joins some of these conversations, especially in the beginning.