This sort of thing is exactly what some of the software development processes are all about. When I was in a CMMI training class 10 or more years ago, the inst

This sort of thing is exactly what some of the software development processes are all about. When I was in a CMMI training class 10 or more years ago, the instructor we had said basically that much. By instantiating a process, it takes the mental weight of knowing (or checking) if everything is correct. No one builds cars that way - why should we build anything that way. The processes should catch the inevitable human errors.