Foundations
Understand what Live Ops owns: vocabulary, key metrics, how this discipline breaks, signals to invest. Plus a short assessment.
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Run Live Ops day-to-day. Tactical sessions, real briefs from operators in the trenches, peer review. Studio brief required.
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