1. A method of remotely managing a fielded device with a device management system (DMS), comprising: via a processor, receiving a DMS directive on the fielded device, the DMS directive comprising at least one system command for a DMS agent instantiated on the fielded device and intelligence information not previously stored on the fielded device that is necessary for the DMS agent to interpret the system command; and via the processor, executing the DMS agent to process the system command using the intelligence information provided in the DMS directive to implement the system command without requiring an update to computer-readable program code that defines the DMS agent.