1. A computer-implemented method for quantifying changes in an individual component among a plurality of components, wherein the components are incorporated in a build in a software development environment and wherein at least a portion of the software development environment and the components are resident on a software development computer, the method comprising using a processor of the software development computer for: calculating at least two baseline weights of the individual component, prior to a change, one for each of at least two of data selected from the group consisting of: a count of other components, within the plurality of components, that are required by the individual component; an install size; a runtime memory usage; a depth of a dependency tree; a component license type; a component category for memory location; and a component code type; effecting, on the software development computer, the change to the individual component; calculating at least two modified weights of the individual component, after the change, one for each of the at least two of the data selected from the group for the baseline weights; determining at least two thresholds that each represent a difference between the baseline weight and the modified weight of the individual component, one for each of the at least two of the data selected from the group for the baseline weights; calculating the differences between the baseline weight and the modified weight of the individual component for each of the at least two of the data selected from the group for the baseline weights; and providing on the software development computer a notification if any difference exceeds any of the thresholds for any of the at least two of the data selected from the group for the baseline weights.