How does a millennial project manager successfully manage UX projects composed of team members and clients from older generations, sometimes even older than his parents?!! Justin Fraser will describe his experience as a young project manager, and how he successfully worked with people from other generations, in his UXify presentation, “The Next Generation of Project Management: Getting Results without Formal Authority.”
UXify 2018: The Future of User Experience, our sixth annual, free UX conference, takes place on Friday, April 27 from 11 am – 5:30 pm, with networking from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. Lunch, snacks, and beer and wine during the networking are included.
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The Next Generation of Project Management: Getting Results without Formal Authority
By Justin Fraser, Senior Project Manager at Infragistics
This session will provide real-life solutions for Millennials to connect with and successfully manage team members of different generations, some of whom may have been in their roles since before the Millennial was born. The talk will include actionable, appropriate responses for challenges Millennials in management positions may face, including building productive relationships with senior team members, dealing with insecurities, gaining authority, and resolving conflicts.
The speaker, while in college at age 20, was an Associate Project Manager on a Client Services team responsible for managing internal staff and clients who were older than his parents. This talk will cover his real-life experiences, both positive and negative. He’ll discuss how he gained the team’s trust and respect to have the authority to manage projects the way a Senior Project Manager would.
Justin Fraser
Justin has been managing User Experience Design and Development Projects for more than 9 years and has been at Infragistics for 5 years. He holds the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute and was a speaker at their PMI Global Congress. He has experience working with clients of all sizes, located around the globe; managing the design and development of business applications of various size and scope for financial, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and technology companies.