I am pleased to say that I have completed all of my initial NVivo analysis. I was able to find some very good tutorials on YouTube that helped me understand how to complete the necessary queries. As is often the case, things become quite easy once you know how!!
I have just completed a couple of hours coding some of the data and can quite quickly see how interesting and time consuming this stage is going to be. Also, now recognize the additional benefit for joint research as I will be looking forward to comparing and contrasting coding with my research partner. My final observation is the importance of creating a detailed plan for analysis and writing up your approach along the way. Right now I have piles of paper with coding data and disparate documents with observations and insights. I need to dedicate some time to create a master document of analysis to date and another document capturing observations and findings.
There is a lot to do. I feel that I am making some progress which is good.