I don't think of them as strict controls although I can certainly see why some people might. I'm actually terribly concerned that I've had to implement such controls in virtually every shop I've worked in. I just don't understand why these types of things aren't just common sense. I actually hate having to implement such controls because they take a huge amount of my time. The only good things about such controls is that they do give me one-on-one time with each Developer so that I can do a little mentoring and the code that comes out of the end of the process.