Maven POM

• all POM inherits from Super POM
• if the configuration details are not specified in your POM, Maven will use their defaults(from Super POM)
• to display the final POM (Super POM + your own POM) generated, use command:

  mvn help:effective-pom

• hot to skip tests: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-tests.html

Source: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html