The MS BI blog has a nice short article about how to define success:
“If we think about the business, just how is success defined? I think if you ask your employees what success means you might be surprised at the various definitions that they respond with. Are they aware of the corporate goals that management is concerned about and equally important; do they know how they impact these goals? From a management perspective, how do you align everyone around these definitions of success so you’re moving the ball forward?”
Read the entire article here