> The responsible team does a thorough review, and in a bout of self-flagellation proposes a long list of extra processes that add steps and checks essentially

> The responsible team does a thorough review, and in a bout of self-flagellation proposes a long list of extra processes that add steps and checks essentially amounting to “don’t trust anyone to commit anything right ever.” If that list of extra checks is automated, i.e. added to your deployment scripts rather than manually followed by a human, then that's great. Every bit of repetitive decision-making and tribal knowledge that you can eliminate from your team's day-to-day functioning is a win.