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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

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Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation

November 21, 2025

Spotify uses personalization to increase listening time. The entire experience feels tailored, especially with features like Discover Weekly and Daily Mixes. When the app…

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Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot?

November 17, 2025

After reading “Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot?”, my first reaction was that PulsePoint is not choosing a chatbot. It is choosing its…

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Product Sense Pushups: Crisis Management — Error States and Recovery

November 13, 2025

When Slack fails to send a message (I forced it by toggling airplane mode), it shows a red “message not sent” label with a…

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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics)

November 12, 2025

When I think about Susan’s situation, I see two kinds of risk: what happens if you speak up, and what happens if you don’t….

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GSPhotoCo Assumption Testing

November 11, 2025

Copyright Assumption Testing Assigned to: Tuvana, Arda We believed that: Enterprise users would prefer a tool that helps them quickly check if AI-generated images…

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Product Sense Pushups: Subscription Decisions — Paywall and Upgrade Flows

November 5, 2025

Spotify converts by reminding free users of pain points that happen often: ads, limited skips, and no downloads. The upgrade path is simple and…

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Product Sense Pushups: Discovery Patterns — Search and Browse

October 29, 2025

Netflix, YouTube, and Airbnb steer discovery in three different ways that match their business goals. Netflix pushes recommendations first. The home screen auto plays…

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Product Sense Pushups: Purchase Intent

October 22, 2025

Amazon has a very standard checkout process that optimizes for speed. From the one-click checkout to saved payments and delivery addresses, everything about Amazon’s…

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Product Sense Pushups: Onboarding

October 19, 2025

When I joined Instagram, I was scrolling within minutes. The app barely asked for information to create account; all you need is a unique…

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