Simplicity is measurable along one dimension, by how easy software is to maintain, I believe. This can be measured started early on a project if one cares to sp

Simplicity is measurable along one dimension, by how easy software is to maintain, I believe. This can be measured started early on a project if one cares to spend a little money to test for this from time to time (hiring or assigning someone outside the project), so maybe we should be doing more of this.