Product design question

You cannot build everything at once. How would you prioritize among OAuth/OIDC login, RBAC foundations, enterprise SAML/SCIM, and delegated access across three audiences: solo builders, enterprise admins, and end users of Lovable-built apps? Walk through your prioritization framework, sequencing, and key tradeoffs.

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What this question tests

Tests prioritization of identity and access infrastructure across three distinct audiences with different urgency and risk profiles.

Map each capability to the audience it unblocks, for example SAML and SCIM unblock enterprise admins while OAuth and OIDC unblock end users.
Assess urgency by revenue and risk, since enterprise deals likely stall without SAML and SCIM, a harder blocker than RBAC alone.
Sequence RBAC foundations early regardless of audience, since delegated access and enterprise controls both depend on a working permission model.
Propose an order: RBAC first as the shared dependency, then OAuth and OIDC for reach, then SAML and SCIM for deals, then delegated access last.
Name the tradeoff, such as delaying SAML risking near term deals but building it first slowing reach to the solo builder audience.

Identifies RBAC foundations as the shared dependency underneath the other three, justifying building it first even though it serves no audience directly.
Ties each capability to a concrete business consequence, such as enterprise deals stalling without SAML and SCIM, rather than treating all four equally.
Sequences by audience size and urgency together, since a smaller but revenue critical audience can outrank a larger one.
Names the explicit cost of the chosen sequence, for example some enterprise deals slipping while OAuth and OIDC ship first.

Prioritizing by audience size alone without factoring in which capability blocks revenue or is a shared dependency.
Treating all four capabilities as parallel workstreams instead of recognizing RBAC underpins the rest.

How would you handle a major enterprise deal that needed SAML before your planned sequence gets there?
What would you cut if the team only had capacity for two of the four?