[tbrownaw]

I'd think "you broke it, you fix it" (same developer is responsible for the code all the way thru QA and deployment) with mostly-competent devs would actually lead to very good code. I would also think that trying to limit people's agency (most forms of "process") would reduce quality via lowered morale.

And if your devs aren't mostly competent, the best you'd get from any process would be mediocre code.