Who coined the “original” User story template [closed]

Question

I'm looking for some background on this template (need a citation for a report). Who was the person who came with the well known template?

“As a [user], I want [function], so that [value]”

I've been looking for the answer but no one gives a proper citation.

Answer 1

Kent Beck coined the term User Story and he wasn't using the template you're mentioning but some kind of free form to capture requirements on a card:

So I say, "Tell me the stories of what the system will do. Write down the name of the story and a paragraph or two."

But it's Dan North that suggested the User Story Template on the eXtreme Programming Yahoo Group.

And Mike Cohn (who recommended using the template in his User Stories Applied book) contributed to make it popular.

Answer 2

I've seen it attributed to Mike Cohn, for example at CollabNet blog. Don't know if he actually got it from elsewhere, but you could probably ask him.

Answer 3

Evidence exists that suggests Connextra used the template format as early as 2001. This suggests that Cohn is not likely the person who came up with it, given that his first mentions of it appear to be a couple years later.