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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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Classy PRD

December 4, 2025

Please access our PRD here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aqAJWOLyVlxt7ttaoKuCAurb18patF3f/view?usp=sharing

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Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation

November 15, 2025

Spotify (goal: more listening time)Spotify learns what you like—artists, songs, moods—and builds playlists (Discover Weekly, Daily Mix) that feel made for you. When the…

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Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot?

November 14, 2025

PulsePoint’s dilemma over whether to launch a generative AI salesbot isn’t really about technology — it’s about strategy, risk tolerance, and trust. After reading…

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Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up

November 12, 2025

Speaking up risks short-term pain: a strained relationship with your manager, being labeled “difficult,” even losing the internship before it starts. The case makes…

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Product Sense Pushups: Crisis Management — Error States and Recovery

November 12, 2025

Slack: Retention through reassuranceWhen Slack disconnects, it immediately offers context (“Check your internet connection”).   For other errors, there will be a link to…

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Subscription Decisions — Paywall and Upgrade Flows

November 6, 2025

Spotify(conversion→lifetime value).Spotify uses free to build habit, then places the pay point at pain: ad breaks, skip limits, lower sound quality, and offline download….

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Product Sense Pushups: Discovery Patterns — Search and Browse

November 2, 2025

Netflix(recommendation-heavy → engagement time).Netflix pushes you into watching right away. The home page is rows, autoplay, and “Because you watched…”. Search exists, but most…

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Product Sense Pushups: Purchase Intent — E-commerce Checkout

October 23, 2025

Amazon (speed-optimized → conversion rate).Amazon’s checkout reduces time-to-purchase: address, payment, and shipping choices are collapsed into clear sections; and most people have inputted this…

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Product Sense Pushups: Onboarding

October 16, 2025

Instagram (social): Optimizes for immediate value—seeing friends. The flow pushes account creation: a quick profile (name, email, passwords, username) is all it’s needed. Alternatively,…

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