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Product Design & Product Management - Building Blocks
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Are you looking for a Third Growth Option ℠ ?
Inspired by Cincinnati’s historic Findlay Market, I pulled together three simple but powerful tools that help any leader (not just product managers) contribute to product strategy. These frameworks create a shared language that makes cross-functional collaboration easier across sales, finance, ops, and product.
• Two-by-Two Matrix → Map your assortment across basic vs. seasonal and core vs. fashion to see risk distribution at a glance
• Product Development Calendars → Gantt-style visuals show overlapping processes so bottlenecks don’t sneak up on you
• Scatter Graphs → Plot products to spot market gaps, competitive positions, and balance in your portfolio
When leaders have the right visual frameworks, silos break down, conversations flow, and assortment decisions become smarter.
Always growing.
Benno Duenkelsbuehler
CEO & Chief Sherpa of (re)ALIGN
Chapters
1. Intro at Findlay Market (00:00:00)
2. Product Management for Non-Specialists (00:00:28)
3. Tool #1: Two-by-Two Matrix (00:00:55)
4. Tool #2: Product Development Calendars (00:02:02)
5. Tool #3: Scatter Graphs (00:03:32)
6. Building Better Cross-Functional Collaboration (00:04:27)
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