v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem
n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem
Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and identifying a scapegoat.
After a second customer refused to sign their newly-and-incompetently-redesigned "three-tier" support agreement, the VP of Support and the COO held a blamestorming session and decided to pin the problem on the customer rep, who was subsequently fired.
Business meetings that devolve into finding fault for why projects have gone wrong, rather than looking forsuccessful results. This is also known as postmortem.
After four months of secret meetings and public blamestorming, the Legislature will adjourn, having done some favors for powerful special interests and approved a budget that spends hundreds of millions of dollars more thanthe state will take in.