diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0b258bb8318..03534eec756f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,19 +132,79 @@
 
   <modules>
     <module>sdks</module>
-    <!-- Expose Dataflow runner as top level module to satisfy dependencies
-         in sdks/java/maven-archetypes and examples/java. Until these are
-         refactored out, we need to modify the build order. -->
+    <!-- Expose Dataflow runner as top level module to satisfy dependencies in sdks/java/maven-archetypes 
+      and examples/java. Until these are refactored out, we need to modify the build order. -->
     <module>runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java</module>
     <module>runners</module>
-    <!-- sdks/java/maven-archetypes has several dependencies on the
-         DataflowPipelineRunner. Until these are refactored out or
-         a released artifact exists, we need to modify the build order. -->
+    <!-- sdks/java/maven-archetypes has several dependencies on the DataflowPipelineRunner. 
+      Until these are refactored out or a released artifact exists, we need to modify the 
+      build order. -->
     <module>sdks/java/maven-archetypes</module>
     <module>examples</module>
   </modules>
 
   <profiles>
+
+    <!-- A global profile defined for all modules for release-level verification. 
+      Slow processes such as building source, javadoc, and test jars should be limited 
+      to this profile. -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+              <executions>
+                <execution>
+                  <id>javadoc</id>
+                  <phase>package</phase>
+                  <goals>
+                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                </execution>
+              </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+              <executions>
+                <execution>
+                  <id>attach-sources</id>
+                  <phase>package</phase>
+                  <goals>
+                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                </execution>
+                <execution>
+                  <id>attach-test-sources</id>
+                  <phase>package</phase>
+                  <goals>
+                    <goal>test-jar-no-fork</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                </execution>
+              </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+              <executions>
+                <execution>
+                  <id>default-test-jar</id>
+                  <goals>
+                    <goal>test-jar</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                </execution>
+              </executions>
+            </plugin>
+          </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>doclint-java8-disable</id>
       <activation>
@@ -154,6 +214,7 @@
         <dataflow.javadoc_opts>-Xdoclint:-missing</dataflow.javadoc_opts>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>src</id>
       <activation>
@@ -329,8 +390,8 @@
         <artifactId>google-api-services-storage</artifactId>
         <version>${storage.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled in by a transitive 
+            dependency of google-api-client -->
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
@@ -343,8 +404,8 @@
         <artifactId>google-api-services-datastore-protobuf</artifactId>
         <version>${datastore.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled in by a transitive 
+            dependency of google-api-client -->
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
@@ -407,8 +468,8 @@
         <artifactId>google-api-services-dataflow</artifactId>
         <version>${dataflow.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled in by a transitive 
+            dependency of google-api-client -->
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
@@ -421,8 +482,8 @@
         <artifactId>google-api-services-clouddebugger</artifactId>
         <version>${clouddebugger.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-               in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+          <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled in by a transitive 
+            dependency of google-api-client -->
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
@@ -490,6 +551,7 @@
         <type>test-jar</type>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-sdk-all</artifactId>
@@ -599,7 +661,7 @@
               <arg>-Xlint:-try</arg>
               <arg>-Xlint:-unchecked</arg>
               <arg>-Xlint:-varargs</arg>
-              <!-- Uncomment the following args to display more warnings.  -->
+              <!-- Uncomment the following args to display more warnings. -->
               <!-- -Xmaxwarns -->
               <!-- 10000 -->
             </compilerArgs>
@@ -620,12 +682,6 @@
                 <goal>jar</goal>
               </goals>
             </execution>
-            <execution>
-              <id>default-test-jar</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>test-jar</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
 
@@ -633,37 +689,12 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.4</version>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>attach-sources</id>
-              <phase>package</phase>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-            <execution>
-              <id>attach-test-sources</id>
-              <phase>package</phase>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>test-jar-no-fork</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.10.3</version>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>javadoc</id>
-              <phase>package</phase>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>jar</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
@@ -717,11 +748,11 @@
               </goals>
             </execution>
           </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/AutoValue_*.class</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
+          <configuration>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>**/AutoValue_*.class</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </configuration>
         </plugin>
 
         <!-- Report jacoco coverage to coveralls.io -->
@@ -755,8 +786,8 @@
           <version>2.19.1</version>
         </plugin>
 
-        <!-- This plugin's configuration tells the m2e plugin how to import this
-             Maven project into the Eclipse environment. -->
+        <!-- This plugin's configuration tells the m2e plugin how to import this 
+          Maven project into the Eclipse environment. -->
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
           <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
@@ -790,7 +821,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -804,7 +835,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore/>
+                    <ignore />
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
diff --git a/runners/direct-java/pom.xml b/runners/direct-java/pom.xml
index 292cc56c8c5e..74477995c823 100644
--- a/runners/direct-java/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/direct-java/pom.xml
@@ -150,14 +150,6 @@
             </offlineLink>
           </offlineLinks>
         </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/pom.xml b/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
index a3b7cad0f61d..d1adf55883db 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+<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">
 
@@ -49,6 +49,75 @@
       </resource>
     </resources>
 
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <windowtitle>Apache Beam SDK ${project.version} API</windowtitle>
+            <doctitle>Apache Beam SDK for Java, version ${project.version}</doctitle>
+            <overview>../javadoc/overview.html</overview>
+
+            <subpackages>org.apache.beam.sdk</subpackages>
+            <additionalparam>-exclude
+              org.apache.beam.sdk.runners.worker:org.apache.beam.sdk.runners.dataflow:org.apache.beam.sdk.util:org.apache.beam.sdk.runners.inprocess
+              ${dataflow.javadoc_opts}</additionalparam>
+            <use>false</use>
+            <quiet>true</quiet>
+            <bottom><![CDATA[<br>]]></bottom>
+
+            <offlineLinks>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/google-api-java-client/reference/1.20.0/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/apiclient-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://avro.apache.org/docs/1.7.7/api/java/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/avro-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/bigquery/v2/java/latest/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/bq-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/apis/javadoc/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/datastore-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git-history/release19/javadoc/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/guava-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/javadoc/1.3/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/hamcrest-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/jackson-annotations-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.7/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/jackson-databind-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/joda-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>http://junit.sourceforge.net/javadoc/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/junit-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+              <offlineLink>
+                <url>https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/google-oauth-java-client/reference/1.20.0/</url>
+                <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/oauth-docs</location>
+              </offlineLink>
+            </offlineLinks>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -60,7 +129,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <goals><goal>analyze-only</goal></goals>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>analyze-only</goal>
+            </goals>
             <configuration>
               <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
             </configuration>
@@ -91,72 +162,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <windowtitle>Apache Beam SDK ${project.version} API</windowtitle>
-          <doctitle>Apache Beam SDK for Java, version ${project.version}</doctitle>
-          <overview>../javadoc/overview.html</overview>
-
-          <subpackages>org.apache.beam.sdk</subpackages>
-          <additionalparam>-exclude org.apache.beam.sdk.runners.worker:org.apache.beam.sdk.runners.dataflow:org.apache.beam.sdk.util:org.apache.beam.sdk.runners.inprocess ${dataflow.javadoc_opts}</additionalparam>
-          <use>false</use>
-          <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <bottom><![CDATA[<br>]]></bottom>
-
-          <offlineLinks>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/google-api-java-client/reference/1.20.0/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/apiclient-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://avro.apache.org/docs/1.7.7/api/java/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/avro-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/bigquery/v2/java/latest/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/bq-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/apis/javadoc/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/datastore-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git-history/release19/javadoc/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/guava-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/javadoc/1.3/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/hamcrest-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.7/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/jackson-annotations-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.7/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/jackson-databind-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/joda-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>http://junit.sourceforge.net/javadoc/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/junit-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-            <offlineLink>
-              <url>https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/google-oauth-java-client/reference/1.20.0/</url>
-              <location>${basedir}/../javadoc/oauth-docs</location>
-            </offlineLink>
-          </offlineLinks>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
@@ -188,9 +193,8 @@
                 </filter>
               </filters>
               <relocations>
-                <!-- TODO: Once ready, change the following pattern to 'com'
-                     only, exclude 'org.apache.beam.**', and remove
-                     the second relocation. -->
+                <!-- TODO: Once ready, change the following pattern to 'com' only, 
+                  exclude 'org.apache.beam.**', and remove the second relocation. -->
                 <relocation>
                   <pattern>com.google.common</pattern>
                   <shadedPattern>org.apache.beam.sdk.repackaged.com.google.common</shadedPattern>
@@ -203,8 +207,8 @@
             </configuration>
           </execution>
 
-          <!-- In the second phase, we pick remaining dependencies and bundle
-               them without repackaging. -->
+          <!-- In the second phase, we pick remaining dependencies and bundle them 
+            without repackaging. -->
           <execution>
             <id>bundle-rest-without-repackaging</id>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -259,10 +263,9 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- This plugin tells Maven about an additional test-source directory to
-           build, which contains Avro-generated source files. This is not
-           strictly needed for the regular Maven build, but helps certain IDEs
-           automatically find and compile generated code. -->
+      <!-- This plugin tells Maven about an additional test-source directory to build, 
+        which contains Avro-generated source files. This is not strictly needed for the regular 
+        Maven build, but helps certain IDEs automatically find and compile generated code. -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -295,8 +298,8 @@
       <artifactId>google-auth-library-oauth2-http</artifactId>
       <version>0.3.1</version>
       <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled in by a transitive 
+          dependency of google-api-client -->
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
           <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
@@ -315,8 +318,8 @@
       <artifactId>grpc-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
       <version>${pubsubgrpc.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
-        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled
-             in by a transitive dependency of google-api-client -->
+        <!-- Exclude an old version of guava that is being pulled in by a transitive 
+          dependency of google-api-client -->
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
           <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
@@ -349,8 +352,8 @@
       <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- Required by com.google.apis:google-api-services-datastore-protobuf,
-         but the version they depend on differs from our api-client versions -->
+    <!-- Required by com.google.apis:google-api-services-datastore-protobuf, but 
+      the version they depend on differs from our api-client versions -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson</artifactId>
@@ -456,8 +459,8 @@
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!--
-    To use org.apache.beam.io.XmlSource:
+    <!-- 
+    To use org.apache.beam.io.XmlSource: 
 
     1. Explicitly declare the following dependency for the stax2 API.
     2. Include a stax2 implementation on the classpath. One example
@@ -485,11 +488,8 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!--
-    To use org.apache.beam.io.AvroSource with XZ-encoded files,
-    please explicitly declare this dependency to include org.tukaani:xz on
-    the classpath at runtime.
-    -->
+    <!-- To use org.apache.beam.io.AvroSource with XZ-encoded files, please explicitly 
+      declare this dependency to include org.tukaani:xz on the classpath at runtime. -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.tukaani</groupId>
       <artifactId>xz</artifactId>
diff --git a/sdks/pom.xml b/sdks/pom.xml
index 808f0d33c8c5..0567f5756eee 100644
--- a/sdks/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/pom.xml
@@ -38,4 +38,25 @@
     <module>java</module>
   </modules>
 
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+
+        <!-- SDKs will generally offer test suites for runners, as sdks/java does. -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>default-test-jar</id>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>test-jar</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+
 </project>
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