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    • CS177 Human Centered Product Management Syllabus
      • Lecture 5B- Agile and Storymapping
    • Lecture 1A | Introduction to Human-Centered Product Management
      • What do you want from CS177
      • 1A Welcome to CS 177: Human-Centered Product Management 1
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      • 1B Strategy for Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 2A | Human-Centered Product Management
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    • Lecture 3B — Guest and Value Proposition
    • Lecture 4B – Participatory Roadmaps & Case Study
    • Lecture 5a– Agile, User Stories and User Story Mapping
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    • 1A Introducing Design for Behavior Change
    • 1B Norms, Models, Brainstorm, Screeners
    • 2A Norms and Study Guide
    • 2B Ethics, Persuasion and B=MAT
    • 3A Secondary Research and Theories of Behavior Change
    • 3B Switch, Fraud,
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Sketchnote: Tiny Prompts

January 17, 2026
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Pre-Study Interview Script – Team Rottweiler

January 14, 2026

Background and Context Can you tell me a bit about what you do and what a typical workday looks like (from waking up to…

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Week 2 Sketchnote: The Science of Habits

January 12, 2026
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Measuring Me, Take 2: Understanding Unintentional Phone Checking

January 12, 2026

Selected Behavior and Motivation For a while, I’ve struggled with unintentionally checking or opening my phone, and I wanted to learn from myself why…

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How Different Apps Personalize to Drive Core Metrics

November 25, 2025

Spotify, LinkedIn, and TikTok each lean on personalization, but their strategies reflect fundamentally different business incentives. Spotify optimizes listening time, so its personalization is…

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Error Handling as a Retention Strategy

November 19, 2025

Across Slack, Uber, and consumer banking apps, error handling isn’t just part of UX; it’s a revenue-protection strategy. Each product encounters different high-stakes failure…

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Should PulsePoint Deploy a Gen-AI Salesbot Now Or Wait?

November 18, 2025

PulsePoint’s dilemma is not really about technology – it’s about timing, trust, and strategy. After reading the case, I believe PulsePoint should adopt gen AI…

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Speaking Up When the Stakes Are High

November 13, 2025

The minute Susan’s manager told her to post as “an MBA student” using her university email to obtain sensitive competitor information, she was immediately…

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Converting Freemium Users: Balancing Friction and Value

November 7, 2025

Each freemium model balances friction (the moment users hit a paywall) with value clarity (how well users understand what they gain by upgrading). Spotify,…

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