1. What will your future cards be used for?
2. What type of card are you going to print on?
3. What type of data will be used for your cards?
4. What variable data will be used on your cards?
5. How will your cards be designed?
6. How is your data to be encoded?
7. Printing frequency and conditions of your card?
8. Your computer environment up?
9. What software will you use to design your cards?
10. Who is in charge of your project?