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There are lots of books about software testing. The books I know focus on - how developers can test their own software with unit tests and other methods - how to improve the software with usability tests.

In addition it is sometimes helpful to let non-developers test the software for bugs, because hired part-time temp workers are cheaper than developers.

Are there any books that focus on this part of software testing? I'm imagine chapters on how to find good testers, how to instruct them, how to decide what they should test, how to sort and record the bugs they found etc.

Can anybody recommend such a book?

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Not sure stackoverflow is the right place to answer this question. But it would be nice to know the answer anyway. – Numenor Jun 15 '11 at 14:43
This question is probably more more suitable for Software Quality Assurance & Testing. See also Suggested books to start on software testing. – Helen Jun 15 '11 at 18:51

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Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing by Gerald M. Weinberg.

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James Whitaker's book, Exploratory Software Testing focuses on these kind of issues. It encourages tours through the code to concentrate on the areas most likely to find bugs.

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