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
(from a TV ad for HD television)
n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem
(from a TV ad for HD television)
The committee commenced blamestorming over the situation rather than seeking solutions to the problem.
by TBea April 23, 2008
A meeting, usually corporate or governmental, to decide who should be blamed for the incompetence of the organization itself.
by RadioBoy January 1, 2005
(noun)
1. A meeting intended to determine why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
1. A meeting intended to determine why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
I just got out of a three hour blamestorming session with IT about the server failure last week; Someone's going to end up in unemployment over this.
by naz_ghul March 14, 2003
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.
by Best Served Cold May 7, 2010
Business meetings that devolve into finding fault for why projects have gone wrong, rather than looking for successful 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 than the state will take in.
by The Commadore August 5, 2008
Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who is responsible.
by Zak May 3, 2003
by Jewels49 February 4, 2010