Moving Code - how do you do it?

 We've got a long established procedure here for moving new/changed code into our EBS (11.5.10.2) system.  Basically, after the code has gone thorough development and testing, and is signed off on by the analyst, user, and IS Director.Code moves are done once a month by the Senior Technical Analyst.  Code is promoted through PVCS, and everything works fairly well.

The only drawback is that in order for the code to be moved, the person doing the move requires access to the 'apps' database user.  This was an issue highlighted in a recent audit.   My question is, what are y'all doing to avoid the conflict?