I work on a SOX compliant project, it works pretty much as described. As a developer I have no access to prod, relying on other teams to make system changes and

I work on a SOX compliant project, it works pretty much as described. As a developer I have no access to prod, relying on other teams to make system changes and creating a lengthy mandated paper trail for the SOX audit team to look over. Not to say there aren't headaches with the approach, but thankfully at a big enough organization it's become a relatively smooth process.