1. A method of aiding creation of a service offer associated with a Service Delivery Framework (SDF) comprising providing a plurality of reusable Application Objects (AOs) associated with an Interactive Development Environment (IDE), the plurality of AOs being prototype customer facing service offers comprising standardized functions that support ordering, billing, management, and monitoring of the customer facing service offers, the plurality of AOs comprising standardized event formats associated with the ordering, billing, management, and monitoring of the customer facing service offers, the plurality of AOs comprising configurable attributes that affect the service offer.