This document provides an overview of using Groovy to improve Maven builds. It discusses how Groovy Maven (GMaven) allows adding custom build logic using Groovy. Polyglot Maven adds Groovy syntactic sugar to POM files. Groovy MOJOs provide a way to create reusable plugins with full access to the Maven runtime. Examples demonstrate dynamically generating plugin properties and passing information between plugins. The document concludes that Maven provides a platform for building applications, not just processes, when combined with Groovy.