Not OP, but here's some extra input (from an engineers, not quality persons standpoint). Standard ISO9000 requires approval process for all design outputs. Anyt

Not OP, but here's some extra input (from an engineers, not quality persons standpoint). Standard ISO9000 requires approval process for all design outputs. Anything changed after approval would need to be "red-lined" and even then still approved. 3 approaches: 1) Don't make your Code the output, make the program the output. Then have automated testing to verify meets performance. 2) Make code your output, but lump all approvals together before release essentially decoupling code submitting and approvals 3) if you're a continuously deploying, strict compliance company, you may be stuck with approval required on every code line change. There's ways around that... but it depends on your compliance requirements and staff's level of competence.