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A Higher Common Sense

A place for Writings about Evidence-Based Design

  • 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: Varsha Saravanan

Varsha is a senior at Stanford studying Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction and coterming in Artificial Intelligence. She is eager to deepen her understanding of product management—both through foundational concepts and real-world applications.

Assumption Tests – Team Badger

March 3, 2026

Assumption Mapping   Key Insights: The assumption mapping exercise helped us identify that our most critical and unvalidated assumptions were the ones around user…

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Consistency is for Closers

March 3, 2026
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Sketchnote: How to Make a Habit Irresistible – Varsha Saravanan

February 24, 2026
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Sketchnote: Three Myths of Behavior Change – Varsha Saravanan

February 17, 2026
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Sketchnote: Context

February 10, 2026
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Behavioral Persona and User Journey

February 3, 2026

Figure 1: Behavioral Persona “Shyla”   The above behavioral persona ‘Shyla’ represents a shy but highly motivated student who cares a lot about her…

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Sketchnotes: Thinking Fast and Slow – Varsha Saravanan

February 3, 2026
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Comparative Research – Team Badger

February 3, 2026

Comparative Research Map   Youlearn.ai (found by Angela) Summary Youlearn is an AI tutor that personalizes your learning to your taste – you can…

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Literature Review – Team Badger

February 3, 2026

Sid’s Literature Review[2512.22418] Building Software by Rolling the Dice: A Qualitative Study of Vibe CodingBuilding Software by Rolling the Dice: A Qualitative Study of…

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