7 WhatIsSuccess? or affect many or all departments. Managers of these departments and the senior management of the organisation cannot afford to risk ignoring the project activities that they consider do not affect them. They may not initially see any linkage between their activities and the project, or consider the project is a waste of valuable money and resource effort. Or the project may become the pawn in a political game as managers individually express open support, cynicism or opposition to the project to fit their own personal agendas. Definingsuccess Success is one of those words that conjure up a picture we paint in our minds. What sort of picture do you see for success? Is it huge financial gain, public recognition, promotion to senior