The Development Pod

Course Introduction

Welcome & Introduction

Getting your free trial video and installing Candy

Creating new companies, jobs or programmes

Getting familiar with the interface

Saving, back-up, duplicating and recovering

Navigating your views

CPM scheduling principles and how it applies in Candy

Skill 1: Adding new tasks to a schedule

Skill 2: Adding logic and interdependencies to tasks

Skill 2: Logic linking leads and lags

Skill 3: Adding resources to your schedule in Candy

Skill 4: Setting up the project calendar

Case study introduction (do not skip)

STEP 1: Start a new Program and set the start date

STEP 2: Adjust the project calendar

STEP 3.1 Principles of setting up and planning your WBS

STEP 3.2 Setting up the WBS in Candy

STEP 4: Creating a milestone list

STEP 5: Add tasks under each WBS work package

STEP 6: Add durations to each task

STEP 7: Add logic between tasks

STEP 8: Add resources to your program

The final program

Most important task interactions and shortcuts

Checking WBS levels and Task Types

Using the filter function

Adding timelines and changing barchart display options

Implementing notes, remarks or yellow tags

Creating and allocating codes