diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b1b4607d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?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>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
+
+    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+    <artifactId>doc-samples</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <appengine.version>1.9.19</appengine.version>
+        <appengine.app.version>1</appengine.app.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <prerequisites>
+        <maven>3.1.0</maven>
+    </prerequisites>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>taskqueue/deferred</module>
+        <module>unittests</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+        <!-- Compile/runtime dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
+            <version>${appengine.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.5</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jstl</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Test Dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12-beta-1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>appengine-testing</artifactId>
+            <version>${appengine.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
+            <version>${appengine.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
+            <artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
+            <version>${appengine.target.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/taskqueue/deferred/pom.xml b/taskqueue/deferred/pom.xml
index 172cce898b6..d985640314a 100644
--- a/taskqueue/deferred/pom.xml
+++ b/taskqueue/deferred/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>doc-samples</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.taskqueue.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>defer-sample</artifactId>
 
@@ -23,44 +30,32 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-api-1.0-sdk</artifactId>
-            <version>${appengine.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jstl</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Test Dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12-beta-1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.5</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-testing</artifactId>
-            <version>${appengine.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
-            <version>${appengine.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/unittests/pom.xml b/unittests/pom.xml
index d0876d1d31c..6a4e91ff927 100644
--- a/unittests/pom.xml
+++ b/unittests/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>doc-samples</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+
     <groupId>com.google.appengine.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>appengine-local-testing-samples</artifactId>
 
@@ -24,8 +32,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jstl</groupId>