Basic submodule project configuration for victims. Configuration from simple-web example in this book http://books.sonatype.com/mvnex-book/reference/

child-pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
                             http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
  	<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
  	<groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.simpleweb</groupId>
  	<version>0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </parent>
  <artifactId>simple-webapp</artifactId>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <name>Simple Web Chapter Application Project</name>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
      <artifactId>geronimo-servlet_2.4_spec</artifactId>
      <version>1.1.1</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <finalName>simple-webapp</finalName>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.5</source>
          <target>1.5</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin> 
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

parent-pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
                             http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook.simpleweb</groupId>
  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
  <version>0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  <name>Simple Web Chapter Parent Project</name>
  <modules>
    <module>simple-webapp</module>
  </modules>
  <!-- 
    Example configuration for a project that is using modules 
    -->
  <build>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
          <dependencies>
            <dependency>
              <groupId>com.redhat.victims</groupId>
              <artifactId>enforce-victims-rule</artifactId>
              <version>1.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
            </dependency>
          </dependencies>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <id>enforce-victims-rule</id>
                <goals>
                  <goal>enforce</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                  <rules>
                    <rule implementation="com.redhat.victims.VictimsRule">
                      <metadata>warning</metadata>   
                      <fingerprint>fatal</fingerprint>
                      <updates>off</updates>
                    </rule>
                  </rules>
                </configuration>
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>
  </project>