So today I learned how to override the default Maven lifecycle.  I used this as a guide: http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/writing-plugins-sect-override-default-lifecycle.html

I will be writing a quick blog entry on how to do this as the instructions from the ref guide were not specific/clear enough...

Maven is way too complex, the more I learn and use it, the more I understand it and liking it better now...

http://community.jboss.org/wiki/CreatingaCustomLifecycleinMaven