Welcome to my virtual classroom!

Here you’ll find a baker’s dozen of short videos where I talk about the FIRE (Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained, Elegant) method from my first book. Each video is a low-res, bite-sized story (FIRE in action!) that concludes with a specific take-away you can immediately apply to your current project. Watch one, watch two, watch ’em all! If you find this helpful, I hope you’ll invite your friends to check them out too.

Video #1: Introduction to FIRE & Heuristics (4:27)

Video #2: Understanding Complexity – The Dishwasher Story (4:57)

Video #3: Case Study: Mars Landers & Rovers (4:33)

Video #4: Case Study – NASA’s Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Project (3:44)

Video #5: Faster, Better, Cheaper – An Overview (2:10)

Video #6: The Collapse of Faster, Better, Cheaper (2:37)

Video #7: Case Study – The Health & Safety Information System (1:46)

Video #8: Case Study – F-16 Fighters & Combat Brownies (2:28)

Video #9: Case Study -The Failure of NASA’s Clark Satellite (2:10) 

Video #10: Case Study – NASA’s Stardust Mission (2:42)

Video #11: Understanding Failure (1:22)

Video #12: Case Study – The Dismount Detection Radar System (2:21)

Final Comments & Next Steps (1:49)

I hope you enjoyed watching these as much as I enjoyed making them. I’d love to hear what you think – drop me a note on my Contact Page or shoot me an email at the.dan.ward (at) gmail (dot) com. If there’s enough interest, I’ll post a few more. Maybe I’ll even get a better camera.