As I mentioned in another comment, you don&#x27;t want developers focusing on lines of code.  The directions have to be much clearer, such as the goals of finding unused code or improving performance.<p>If resources are handed out based on how bloated a project is, you would quickly discover how creative developers can be in increasing the relative &quot;importance&quot; of their code.<p>Systems are composed of lots of things, and sometimes a tiny piece is the most complex and critical.  A measure of lines of code should not prevent you from adding 3 more people to a tiny project, and removing a person from a team with a giant code base.