{"id":14556,"date":"2016-04-04T15:23:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/blamestorming\/"},"modified":"2016-04-04T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:23:54","slug":"blamestorming","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/31870\/blamestorming","title":{"rendered":"Blamestorming"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_blamestorming_mean\">What Does Blamestorming Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\n\tIn IT, \u201cblamestorming\u201d is<br \/>\ndefined as a group meeting to discuss where the blame lies for a particular<br \/>\nproblem. In some ways, the word is a play on the more common \u201cbrainstorming,\u201d<br \/>\nwhich is a positive meeting to discuss creative solutions. In blamestorming, parties<br \/>\nare looking for a scapegoat and trying to identify why something did not work.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_blamestorming\">Techopedia Explains Blamestorming<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Blamestorming has some applications to specific processes like software development. Blamestorming may be part of a conventional development process, but it may be also something that is engineered out of superior processes like agile software development or an evolved DevOps operation.\n<\/p>\n<p>In general, while blamestorming can be entirely unproductive, it can also play a vital role in IT. This is because so much of what goes into managing IT is technical in nature. By technically defining a reason why something did not work, groups can move onto that secondary process of brainstorming, devising creative ways to change it and make it work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Blamestorming Mean? 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