E.23:10 - Rationale

The shared method is simple: select a proposed improvement; perform it; connect any returned value or changed object through its direct relation or A.6.1 binding; then re-evaluate through a separate pass and result. CC-E23-4 supplies the dated-Work account whenever either performed pass is asserted as Work. Check trade-offs and cost, then stop, continue, switch method, open a new frame, or hold. A.22 carries the guarded alternatives, selected continuation, stop, and returns; when transformation-flow membership is independently current, E.18 and E.18.3 recognize that selected structure rather than a second loop object. Classical improvement cycles, agentic loops, fixed-performer optimization, MCDA, Goodhart, and OEE and NQD lines contribute useful operations and boundaries, but they do not replace this method or turn the cycle into enduring Work or context.