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  • CS 177 Human Centered Product Management
    • 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
    • Lecture 1B | Human-Centered Product Management
      • 1B Strategy for Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 2A | Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 2B | Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 3A – Markets & Tech Stack
    • Lecture 3B — Guest and Value Proposition
    • Lecture 4B – Participatory Roadmaps & Case Study
    • Lecture 5a– Agile, User Stories and User Story Mapping
  • CS247B Design for Behavior Change
    • 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,
  • Product Management Library
  • The How and Why of Sketchnotes
    • Glossary for Design Techniques

Author: Mathias Becerra

Customization vs. Automation – Mathias Becerra

November 18, 2025

Spotify: Your Wrap and “Made for You” Section Spotify has many ways to get users engaged, but most of the time, this involves getting…

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Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot? – Mathias Becerra

November 18, 2025

After reading the HBR case study, I can see how big the excitement is around AI  and how PulsePoint’s executives are eager to shift…

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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics) – Mathias Becerra

November 12, 2025

If I were in Susan’s shoes, I would be with a lot of anxiety and not know what to do it at first. The…

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Crisis Management — Error States and Recovery – Mathias Becerra

November 12, 2025

Error handling in apps like Slack, Uber, and those in banking isn’t simply about providing a feature to express that there’s an “issue”, it…

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Paywall and Upgrade Flows – Mathias Becerra

November 3, 2025

Spotify – Smart Marketing Strategy Spotify’s massive number of free users shifts toward Premium thanks to Spotify’s targeted ads and playlist recommendations. It is…

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Discovery Patterns — Search and Browse – Mathias Becerra

October 26, 2025

Netflix: The Invisible Hand of Personalization When you open Netflix, you rarely find short options. Instead, you’re greeted with lots of shows and movies…

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Individual Reflection, Pitch Presentation – Mathias Becerra

October 23, 2025

As I think about our pitch presentation for Soup and Bread, I feel like we received valuable feedback from our mentors and judges on…

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READING: User Story Mapping – Mathias Becerra

October 21, 2025

Introduction After reading User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton, I understand that this process begins with seeing the entire journey of a product as…

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Purchase Intent — E-commerce Checkout – Mathias Becerra

October 20, 2025

Speed-Optimized Ordering – Amazon Amazon’s checkout experience is all about speed. Every small detail is designed for frictionless action and constant clicking as a…

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