Check this out: Maven Tips & Tricks.
It is my collection of tips, notes, workarounds and good practices about using Maven 2 and some of its plug-ins. Hopefully a good way to start with the tool and get around some of the initial effort required by the configuration of the POM, plug-ins and various settings.
This is just a start (5 topics) but the goal is to add more samples and notes later, making it (possibly) a good reference.
Posted by Beppe Catanese 