Network Dictionary — Blamestorming
February 14, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
The intention of this disgusting practice show how base human nature can be. Originally intended to be a review of an outage or network impact so that analysis of the problem could occur and management could consider action that might prevent a repeat of the problem. Thus it was “brainstorming” the problem
The reality is that most people are not big enough to own up to an error, or admit that they did not follow procedure, or that some part of the design did not work as expected. The person in charge is forced to conduct a witch hunt, and ends up running a judicial process and less like an arbitration.
Someone is going to be blamed. And the process becomes a negative thing.
And that’s why its called “blamestorming”.
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Network Dictionary — Process Humping
Process humping: The act of implementing and then following process for the sake of having a process. Usually done by people who want to make it look like they’re doing something, or are too stupid to work out what needs doing anyway.
With thanks to Sean who sent it in. Good one.
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In this technically surreal, mystical world of Networking, we are often fabricating new words, coining new terms or adapting old language to new requirements. Our profession is not the first to do this, but our language is our own. How many people can conduct a 15 minute conversation without a single coherent sentence ? Can you count how many TLA and ETLA you can eject in a single breath ?
These terms, these expressions of our unique and singular profession, should be documented and treasured for future generations. Hackers have the jargon file, we should have a similar record of our kultcha.
I have started to collect the terms that I use on a regular basis, and expound their meaning. I hope
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That is what happens just before they break out the “Blamethrower”