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Simon’s (1996) work in design science has been influential for research methods in information systems (IS) and in management; two disciplines facing issues of relevance and rigor in research. To introduce the Design Science Research (DSR) foundations of these disciplines, their historical evolution is laid out. Important to both is the understanding that an artifact is any artificial “object” that has been designed, developed, implemented, and evaluated in order to achieve some purpose by responding to needs in a given context. Although the body of empirical research remains limited, DSR contributions in IS have acquired a certain academic legitimacy. Based on the analysis of authors in the field, DSR remains less important in management than in IS. Despite this, the evolution of contributions from DSR makes it worth noting that in spite of differences between the types of artifacts under consideration, it still possible to establish common foundations between these disciplines: (i) artifacts are artificial “objects”; and (ii) researchers are the agents of the advancement of these artificial “objects.”