The “Process Folks” need to walk fine lines of balance in the world of software application development, IMHO…
While process is good, it is not an end-all. In factory work, Taylorism-based processes can be very valuable. In knowledge work, they can be very stifling and counter-productive. For so long, folks have tried to break up software development into factory-like chunks of processes. If you have that kind of software work, then automate it with a tool, not a human
Striking the balance is part of the engineering mindset; but this requires good inputs from many sources, including stakeholders, marketing, users, architects, business folks, infrastructure, tech support, QA, etc.