NameThePeopleInDeadline

Last edit September 20, 2004
So can you name the people that appear in TheDeadline?

It's been a while, so I will have to reread the book. --ThaddeusOlczyk


Real Person -> Deadline Character


JerryWeinberg appears twice, or so TomDeMarco has told him. Harry Winnipeg is the obvious one. Bonus points to whoever can identify Jerry's second appearance.


I don't think I fully agree. Here was my guess (not complete, though).
  • Tompkins: Rick Gee
  • Lahksa, the spy: nobody particular
  • The Nation's Noble Leader: Bill Gates
  • Belok, the Sinister Minister: Steve Balmer
  • Belinda Binda: not sure, perhaps Gerald Weinberg?
  • The eminent Dr. Rizzoli: Victor Basili
  • Ex-General Markov: don't know
  • Abdul Jamid (the model simulation guy): don't know, looked up the book: David Norton
  • Caporous, the numbers man (function points): don't know, not the inventor of fp
  • Dr. Menotti, managing director of MSEI: don't know, who is head of SEI?
  • Aristotle Kenoros: Watts Humphrey (or the Oracle)
  • Boheme, the Guru of Conflict Resolution: Larry Constantine
  • Winnipeg, the consultant: don't know
  • The Great Yordini: Ed Yourdon

Caper Jones is probably right, didn't get this one.

DirkRiehle


Dirk, what evidence do you have for Abdul Jamid being David Norton? I always thought it's Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid (http://www.nps.navy.mil/tarek.abdel-hamid/NPS_Web_Page/NPS_Home.htm).

SebastianJekutsch