Calculating Documentation Cruft

It's easy to describe documentation cruft, and often easy to identify it once you see it, but it's hard to estimate how 'crufty' a document actually is. Furthermore, it's often hard to convince the creators of a document that 'their baby' isn't as beatiful as they believe it to be.

Ambler, Scott W. Dr. Dobb's (2007). Articles>Documentation>Assessment>Minimalism