Domain is nothing but the subject area in which you project belongs to. It may be banking, finance, sales, health, media, telecom, Insurance, Medical, Advertising, Travel, etc.
This is important for a tester because one should know what are the user requirements say in banking, working procedures, commerce background, exposure to brokerage etc and should test application accordingly, then only you can say that your testing is enough because then you have covered scenarios from user perspective.
1. Banking, Financial Services and Insurance : The term BFSI is used very commonly by IT/ITES/BPO Organizations which refers to the services provided by these companies in these domains. Banking includes core banking, retail, corporate and cards. Financial Services include stock-broking, Payment gateways, mutual funds etc. Insurance covers both life and non life.
2. HealthCare : Health care as know in American terms includes several sectors which are very much dedicated to provide services and products in order to improve individual health. This includes health care equipment and pharmaceuticals, services, biotechnology and life sciences. According to United Nations standards, the word health care refers to hospital activities, medical and dental services and other activities related to human health.
3. E-Commerce : Buying and selling of goods services on the internet is termed as “E-Commerce”. Sometimes, the word “e-Business and e-Commerce” are often used interchangeably.
The main aspects of e-Commerce are:
- Online retail selling (e-tailing) on websites with online catalogs
- Usage of demographic data through web contacts
- EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), business to business exchange of data
- Reaching customers through email, social networking and instant messaging
- Buying and selling through business to business
- Maintaining security of business transactions
4. Telecom : Telecom (Telecommunication) is a term used for the process of exchange and transmission of messages electronically. Telecom sector is growing at a greater speed by doubling its growth every passing year. At present, there are many new developments happening, one of the most interesting development is the ingress to 3G technology. MTNL, BSNL, VSNL are the public players involved in the country along with the private players such as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea , Tata, Reliance entering into foreign markets as well.
5. SAAS/Cloud
This is important for a tester because one should know what are the user requirements say in banking, working procedures, commerce background, exposure to brokerage etc and should test application accordingly, then only you can say that your testing is enough because then you have covered scenarios from user perspective.
1. Banking, Financial Services and Insurance : The term BFSI is used very commonly by IT/ITES/BPO Organizations which refers to the services provided by these companies in these domains. Banking includes core banking, retail, corporate and cards. Financial Services include stock-broking, Payment gateways, mutual funds etc. Insurance covers both life and non life.
2. HealthCare : Health care as know in American terms includes several sectors which are very much dedicated to provide services and products in order to improve individual health. This includes health care equipment and pharmaceuticals, services, biotechnology and life sciences. According to United Nations standards, the word health care refers to hospital activities, medical and dental services and other activities related to human health.
3. E-Commerce : Buying and selling of goods services on the internet is termed as “E-Commerce”. Sometimes, the word “e-Business and e-Commerce” are often used interchangeably.
The main aspects of e-Commerce are:
- Online retail selling (e-tailing) on websites with online catalogs
- Usage of demographic data through web contacts
- EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), business to business exchange of data
- Reaching customers through email, social networking and instant messaging
- Buying and selling through business to business
- Maintaining security of business transactions
4. Telecom : Telecom (Telecommunication) is a term used for the process of exchange and transmission of messages electronically. Telecom sector is growing at a greater speed by doubling its growth every passing year. At present, there are many new developments happening, one of the most interesting development is the ingress to 3G technology. MTNL, BSNL, VSNL are the public players involved in the country along with the private players such as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea , Tata, Reliance entering into foreign markets as well.
5. SAAS/Cloud
