Schedule
Below is the planned daily schedule. Dates, topics, and assignments may adjust as needed. All readings, slides, and homework are linked here.
| Week | Date | Topics | In-class Quiz | Homework Assigned | Homework Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Sept 5 | Course overview, Product Management and AI, Thought Leaders, Computer Setup, | – | – | – |
| 2 | Fri, Sept 12 | LLMs continued, Prompt engineering | Quiz 1 - AI Product Management | HW 1 - Understanding Large Language Models | Fri, Sept 26 |
| 3 | Fri, Sept 19 | Guest Speaker: Carlos Kemeny | |||
| Product Innovation Process, Target Market, Customer Discovery | Quiz 2 - LLMs 2 | – | – | ||
| 4 | Fri, Sept 26 | Value prop design, hypothesize customer needs/unfulfilled jobs, customer pain/gain. Principles for choosing problems to work on. Validate customer needs | Quiz 3 - Product Strategy and Innovation | HW 2 - Creating a Product Requirements Document (PRD) | Fri, Oct 10 |
| 5 | Fri, Oct 3 | Project Management with Jira, Backlog, user stories | Quiz 4 - Customer Validation | – | – |
| 6 | Fri, Oct 10 | Git/GitHub - Collaboration across PM, Eng, Design, Psychological safety, The triad and how it’s changing (ratios of PMs to engineers) | Quiz 5 - Mid-semester Feedback Survey | HW 3 - Understanding the internet and APIs | Fri, Oct 24 |
| 7 | Fri, Oct 17 | Internet fundamentals · APIs · JSON & HTTP requests | Quiz 6 - GitHub and Collaboration | – | – |
| 8 | Fri, Oct 24 | Principles of software engineering & Design | Quiz 7 - APIs and How the Internet Works | HW 4 - Using Git for collaboration and version control | Fri, Nov 14 |
| 9 | Fri, Oct 31 | V0, Bolt, Replit, Lovable, Cursor, Windsurf (homework: Build the same app in 5 platforms. Write up what you could do in each. Limitations.) | Quiz 8 - Principles of Software Engineering and Design | – | – |
| 10 | Fri, Nov 7 | Build and feedback 1 | Quiz 9 - AI Tools | HW 5 - Choosing the right AI tools | Fri, Nov 21 |
| 11 | Fri, Nov 14 | Product metrics | Quiz 10 - Product Metrics and Data Analysis | – | – |
| 12 | Fri, Nov 21 | Build and feedback 2 | – | – | – |
| 13 | Fri, Nov 28 | No class – Thanksgiving | – | – | – |
| 14 | Fri, Dec 5 | Final Presentations · Reflections | – | Extra Credit - Student Ratings | Final Project Due |
| 15 | Fri, Dec 12 | Final Exam (50 questions, multiple choice, testing center) | – | – | – |