WHEN VALUE DOESN'T MEAN VALUE! The term `value' has much wider uses than that described in this section. You therefore need to be clear what this method doesn't give you. Earned value does not tell you: G G G the residual `value' of the project at a point in time if it were to be termi- nated; the benefit gained from the project to date; the value of any assets produced by the project. Nor does it have anything to do with another discipline ­ value management ­ which is aimed at choosing the most effective way to meet a particular business need. This is a technique which is primarily used during the inves- tigative stages of a project.