# Overview

The Equal Experts Digital Platform playbook is our thinking on why, when, and how to build Digital Platforms. A Digital Platform enables an organisation to achieve Continuous Delivery and Operability at scale.

Our approach is based on first-hand experience building Digital Platforms, and our deep expertise in both Continuous Delivery and Operability.

![Teams on a Digital Platform](https://1613970507-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MJRM-IVRZ9C6iJCPG9o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8c30009cbc16dbb10fc5b8e1136d9680a1144df7%2Fdigital-platform-teams.png?alt=media)

We’ve [open-sourced](https://github.com/EqualExperts/digital-platform-playbook) this playbook under a [Creative Commons license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), and we encourage [contributions](https://playbooks.equalexperts.com/digital-platform/contribute) to iteratively improve our content.

### The lead authors of this playbook are:

| Photo                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Name                                                               |
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| ![](https://1613970507-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MJRM-IVRZ9C6iJCPG9o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-85276cfd67eb0a1f51d8e1d3c92c8f5f8c96e1c3%2Fimg_2034.png?alt=media) | [Adam Hansrod](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-hansrod-22940876/) |
| ![](https://1613970507-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MJRM-IVRZ9C6iJCPG9o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-08832ec43c7170cb92b2fd8bba7c783f2eb37a1e%2Fimg_2035.png?alt=media) | [Steve Smith](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevesmithtech/)         |
| ![](https://1613970507-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MJRM-IVRZ9C6iJCPG9o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-34fe25fb6c80caacbadd13c5a87d4372b32d8c0c%2Fimg_2032.png?alt=media) | [Alun Coppack](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aluncoppack/)           |
| ![](https://1613970507-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MJRM-IVRZ9C6iJCPG9o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f70073952c0328e5b354518388bd18309d6923eb%2Fimg_2038.png?alt=media) | [Edd Grant](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddgrant/)                 |