Product Management and Society: Building Technology in the Public Interest

DPI 678M A Subject & Catalog Number

Description

Intended for those interested in understanding the critical role of a product manager to build technology services in the public interest across sectors.  All levels of product management experience welcomed; no experience in software, product management, or design necessary.

Delivering critical services to the public requires building technology that works for people and for society. This is can be a challenge with many different priorities, but it is possible and necessary to build thriving societies. This course will focus on the role of the product manager in working across cross-functional teams including engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning, design, users, policy, marketing, analytics, vendors, and stakeholders when building technology products. Students will learn how to think like a product manager and how to partner with product managers. Students will learn how product managers set strategy, define products, advocate for the user, build in equity by design, experiment with prototyping, integrate ethical considerations, define metrics, utilize testing, prioritize accessibility, manage stakeholders, and understand market or policy factors in order to ship technology services and products that benefit people.