Yet weighing all these factors is decidedly a subjective call. Unless it's something stupid like half an hour for an app that's considerably simpler than a web

Yet weighing all these factors is decidedly a subjective call. Unless it's something stupid like half an hour for an app that's considerably simpler than a web browser or OS, I would fire any manager who prioritized build time or test execution time over live performance. Also, "dependency quality" just recursively moves the entire quality criteria to the next level.