A project has undergone a major scope change, which increased cost and work levels. What does this mean for earned value data? The cost baseline will be updated and the new baseline will be the basis for future earned value analysis. Earned value analysis becomes useless after a scope change, the technique should not be used any more. There are several reasons to change a baseline, but not scope changes. The project will exceed its budget. As baselines should generally not be adjusted, the project is due to exceed its budget from now on