diff --git a/sonar/examples/pom.xml b/sonar/examples/pom.xml
index be0cd111a..5064a51af 100644
--- a/sonar/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/examples/pom.xml
@@ -12,9 +12,46 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache POI Examples package</name>
-
+    
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>../../src/examples/src</sourceDirectory>
+		<plugins>
+			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-sources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/examples/src</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- clean copied sources afterwards -->
+			<plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>src</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>			
+		</plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/sonar/excelant/pom.xml b/sonar/excelant/pom.xml
index 478a9364b..8cc86ec07 100644
--- a/sonar/excelant/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/excelant/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,76 @@
     <name>Apache POI ExcelAnt package</name>
 
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>../../src/excelant/java</sourceDirectory>
-		<testSourceDirectory>../../src/excelant/testcases</testSourceDirectory>
-		<resources>
-		  <resource>
-			<directory>../../src/excelant/resources</directory>
-		  </resource>
-		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-sources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/excelant/java</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-resources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/excelant/resources</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-tests</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/excelant/testcases</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- clean copied sources afterwards -->
+			<plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>src</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>			
+		</plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/sonar/main/pom.xml b/sonar/main/pom.xml
index 81e87aa16..6527e75b0 100644
--- a/sonar/main/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/main/pom.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,76 @@
     <name>Apache POI Main package</name>
 
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>../../src/java</sourceDirectory>
-		<testSourceDirectory>../../src/testcases</testSourceDirectory>
-		<resources>
-		  <resource>
-			<directory>../../src/resources/main</directory>
-		  </resource>
-		</resources>
-		
 		<plugins>
+			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-sources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/java</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-resources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/resources/main</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-tests</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/testcases</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- clean copied sources afterwards -->
+			<plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>src</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>			
+      			
 			<!-- provide the test-jar for other modules -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
index 9fd237027..aa723d0d6 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
     <name>Apach POI - Openxmlformats Encryption Schema package</name>
 
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>target/generated-sources/xmlbeans</sourceDirectory>
-		
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 			  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
index 92e0111c8..92426b486 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
     <name>Apach POI - Openxmlformats Schema package</name>
 
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>target/generated-sources/xmlbeans</sourceDirectory>
-		
 		<plugins>
 			<!-- Download and unpack the OfficeOpenXML Schema and use xmlbeans to create classes from the XSDs -->
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
index 0ece9d623..bc1feabb4 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
@@ -12,15 +12,78 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache POI OOXML package</name>
-
+	
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>../../src/ooxml/java</sourceDirectory>
-		<testSourceDirectory>../../src/ooxml/testcases</testSourceDirectory>
-		<resources>
-		  <resource>
-			<directory>../../src/resources/ooxml</directory>
-		  </resource>
-		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-sources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/ooxml/java</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-resources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/resources/ooxml</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-tests</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/ooxml/testcases</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- clean copied sources afterwards -->
+			<plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>src</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>			
+		</plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -46,11 +109,6 @@
             <type>test-jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>poi-scratchpad</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
diff --git a/sonar/pom.xml b/sonar/pom.xml
index 2232fe5e0..8d54d14d1 100644
--- a/sonar/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <version>3.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-    <name>Apache POI Parent Project</name>
+    <name>Apache POI - the Java API for Microsoft Documents</name>
 
     <description>Maven build of Apache POI for Sonar checks</description>
     <url>http://poi.apache.org/</url>
diff --git a/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml b/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml
index 3824eeaac..24e8045d7 100644
--- a/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,76 @@
     <name>Apache POI Scratchpad package</name>
 
     <build>
-		<sourceDirectory>../../src/scratchpad/src</sourceDirectory>
-		<testSourceDirectory>../../src/scratchpad/testcases</testSourceDirectory>
-		<resources>
-		  <resource>
-			<directory>../../src/resources/scratchpad</directory>
-		  </resource>
-		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-sources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/scratchpad/src</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-resources</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/resources/scratchpad</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-tests</id>
+						<!-- here the phase you need -->
+						<phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>          
+								<resource>
+									<directory>../../src/scratchpad/testcases</directory>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>              
+						</configuration>            
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- clean copied sources afterwards -->
+			<plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>src</directory>
+                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>			
+		</plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>