Module 1 • Lesson 850 mins

Treat Prompts as Testable Hypotheses and Apply the Production Checklist

Establish a 3-tier prompt testing workflow, resolve failure root causes instead of brittle patching, and apply the 8-point production checklist before release.

Execute 3-tier prompt test suite: Happy Path, Edge Case, Mixed-Intent
Fix root causes instead of patching ad-hoc examples
Conduct comprehensive 8-point PM prompt production audit

Treat Prompts as Testable Hypotheses and Apply the Production Checklist

The final lesson of Module 1 introduces no superficial tricks - it condenses all learned principles into a disciplined engineering methodology: treating prompts as testable technical hypotheses, resolving root causes instead of applying brittle patches, and enforcing rigorous quality gates via the 8-point PM Prompt Checklist.

Running Example: The Product Manager of FreelanceFlow finalizes a multi-intent feedback sentiment pipeline and refactors an AI Support prompt that had accumulated technical debt over months of ad-hoc rule patching.

TIẾP CẬN CŨ / LỖI THỜI
Patching Mindset: Example Stuffing on Failures
Bloats prompts, accumulates conflicting rules, brittle on new cases
CHUẨN AI PM / HIỆN ĐẠI
Engineering Mindset: Fix Root Causes
Injects arbitration hierarchy, keeps prompts compact and resilient