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  • CS 177 Human Centered Product Management
    • CS177 Human Centered Product Management Syllabus
      • Lecture 5B- Agile and Storymapping
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      • What do you want from CS177
      • 1A Welcome to CS 177: Human-Centered Product Management 1
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    • Lecture 2A | Human-Centered Product Management
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    • 1A Introducing Design for Behavior Change
    • 1B Norms, Models, Brainstorm, Screeners
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    • 3A Secondary Research and Theories of Behavior Change
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CASE STUDY: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics) – Ines

December 1, 2025

After reading the HBR case, I’ve been reminded of a thought I sometimes have here in the Bay Area, where there is usually an…

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Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies  – Customization vs. Automation – Ines

November 19, 2025

Spotify uses personalization almost as it’s core feature in the sense that although you can always type for a specific artist, there are always…

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Should we deploy an AI bot – Ines

November 18, 2025

After reading the HBR case, something that I’ve been thinking about is that in class and even in all our LinguaLeap work these past…

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Error Handling – Ines

November 11, 2025

Error Handling Error handling is crucial to any platform or technical offering, but certainly the consequences drastically differ depending on the level of private…

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Phase 2: Assumption Testing – Testing with Prototypes

November 11, 2025

Phase 2: Assumption Testing – Part 2: Testing with Prototypes User Feedback Google Forms:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQk8Ue6JRKAalHaMqVPpM2VGxUf8hiHrEteNg7UlcPRnxQiw/viewform?usp=header  Transcripts: LinguaLeap_Ana_Cata_Transcript Emily & Alex Conversation transcript Call with…

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Spotify, Figma, and The New York Times

November 5, 2025

Looking across Spotify, Figma, and The New York Times, you start to see how ‘free’ isn’t just a funnel but rather a clear design…

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LinguaLeap Assumption Card

October 31, 2025

LinguaLeap Assumption Test Cards We selected our three core assumptions to systematically de-risk LinguaLeap across desirability, viability, and feasibility – the three lenses that…

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LinguaLeap Reflection – Ines

October 27, 2025

Over the course of this project, we covered a lot ranging from market research, competitor analysis, user interviews, risk assessment, and a full pitch…

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Product Sense Pushups: Discovery Patterns — Search and Browse – Ines Salter

October 26, 2025

Looking at the different landing pages of these platforms makes you really think about how they automatically guide us to what we’re looking for…

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