diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/.gitignore b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ff6309b71
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+++ b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/libraries/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cfb854200
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+++ b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/pom.xml
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+<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>maven-build-lifecycle</artifactId>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.surefire.version>3.1.2</maven.surefire.version>
+        <maven.failsafe.version>3.1.2</maven.failsafe.version>
+        <junit.jupiter.version>5.3.1</junit.jupiter.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Maven Surefire Plugin for unit tests -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.surefire.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Include test classes with names matching the pattern -->
+                    <includes>
+                        <include>**/*Test.java</include>
+                    </includes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <!-- Maven Failsafe Plugin for integration tests -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.failsafe.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <!-- Run integration tests during the integration-test phase -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                            <goal>verify</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseApp.java b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1982c7c422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseApp.java
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+package com.baeldung.mavenlifecycle;
+
+public class CourseApp {
+    public String getCourse() {
+        return "Baeldung Spring Masterclass";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseAppIT.java b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseAppIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d89181ab3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseAppIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.mavenlifecycle;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class CourseAppIT {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIntegrationTest_whenGetCourse_ThenCourseShouldBePresent() {
+        CourseApp courseApp = new CourseApp();
+
+        assertEquals("Baeldung Spring Masterclass", courseApp.getCourse());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseAppUnitTest.java b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseAppUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e148075bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-build-lifecycle/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mavenlifecycle/CourseAppUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.mavenlifecycle;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+
+class CourseAppUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void whenGetCourse_ThenCourseShouldBePresent() {
+        CourseApp courseApp = new CourseApp();
+
+        assertEquals("Baeldung Spring Masterclass", courseApp.getCourse());
+    }
+}