Domain Knowledge in Software Testing – is it really needed and how do you address the dearth of experts?

I have come across this nice Article posted by QA InfoTech in their Corporate Blog about the Domain knowledge in Software Testing.

Until a few years ago, testing was a horizontal discipline. Someone with core disciplinary knowledge, who understood how the Software Test Life Cycle (STLC) worked, who understood test implementation from standpoints of test strategy and planning, test case design and execution, defect management could really test any product at hand.
  

Then came in a timeframe, where specialization in test started gaining prominence. Someone with specialized skills in areas such as performance testing, security testing, database testing, localization testing could build a niche for themselves in these areas going deeper into each of these disciplines.
  

To read more, please visit: http://www.qainfotech.com/blog/2012/04/850/