At several previous jobs I went on and on about how most process was unnecessary and nobody would believe me that you could do with less process. Then I joined a company with better people that has minimal to no process, and we make it work well, and it's the best job I've ever had.
All the companies I was at before this one that hid behind process had the usual problems with quality, scheduling, communication, etc. There's no process that's going to pull excellent work out of average people. It's just band-aids that keep people from taking real responsibility because they believe the Process will take care of things.
Absolutely... as others here have said, if you don't have people who want to think, then no amount of process can save you. You only have deal with any official bureaucratic process or government department to see that.
From my POV, a minimum amount of process is useful to keep things on the rails when the pressure goes on, so people don't end up doing things wrong. After all, unit tests, git and CI are 'process'...
All the companies I was at before this one that hid behind process had the usual problems with quality, scheduling, communication, etc. There's no process that's going to pull excellent work out of average people. It's just band-aids that keep people from taking real responsibility because they believe the Process will take care of things.