Until we start having a "lines of code" budget, nothing will be fixed. If you want feature X, how many lines of code will it take? 2000? Oh, sorry, we are alre

Until we start having a "lines of code" budget, nothing will be fixed. If you want feature X, how many lines of code will it take? 2000? Oh, sorry, we are already spending 6000 lines of code on other features, so find a way to do it in 500 lines or defer the project. Yes, just like anything, this can be gamed. But at least it would get product managers thinking about the complexity they are imposing and the effect that will have on other features.