diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bcdf52a..0000000
--- a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-
-    <artifactId>build-helper</artifactId>
-
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>sdc-onboarding</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
-        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../../onboarding</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <properties>
-        <jacoco.skip>true</jacoco.skip>
-        <pmd.skip>true</pmd.skip>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-
-</project>
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/src/main/java/org/openecomp/onboarding/build/test/StaleCodeDetectionTest.java b/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/src/main/java/org/openecomp/onboarding/build/test/StaleCodeDetectionTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 69f7735..0000000
--- a/openecomp-be/tools/build-helper/src/main/java/org/openecomp/onboarding/build/test/StaleCodeDetectionTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.openecomp.onboarding.build.test;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-
-public class StaleCodeDetectionTest {
-
-    private static final String JAVA_EXT = ".java";
-    private static final String CLASS_EXT = ".class";
-
-    @Test
-    public void checkIfStale() {
-
-        String moduleLocation = System.getProperty("basedir");
-        if (isStale(moduleLocation + File.separator + "target" + File.separator + "test-classes",
-                moduleLocation + File.separator + "src" + File.separator + "test" + File.separator + "java")) {
-            Assert.fail("****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + moduleLocation);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean isStale(String compiledCodeLocation, String javaSourceLocation) {
-        File compiledFiles = new File(compiledCodeLocation);
-        File[] list = compiledFiles.listFiles((dir, file) -> file.endsWith(CLASS_EXT) && file.indexOf('$') == -1);
-        if (list == null || list.length == 0) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        File candidate = Collections.min(Arrays.asList(list),
-                (file1, file2) -> file1.lastModified() >= file2.lastModified() ? 1 : -1);
-        String sourceFilePath = javaSourceLocation + candidate.getAbsolutePath().replace(compiledCodeLocation, "")
-                                                              .replace(CLASS_EXT, JAVA_EXT);
-        return !Paths.get(sourceFilePath).toFile().exists();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/pom.xml b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3891558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?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>
+
+    <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding</groupId>
+    <artifactId>compile-helper-plugin</artifactId>
+    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>sdc-onboarding</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.sdc</groupId>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../../onboarding</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${maven-core.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${maven-plugin-annotations.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-plugin-plugin.version}</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/BuildState.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/BuildState.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..888622f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/BuildState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.RESOURCES_CHANGED;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+public class BuildState {
+
+    private static Map<String, Long> fullBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static Map<String, Long> fullResourceBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static Map<String, Object> moduleBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static Map<String, Object> resourceBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private static File buildStateFile;
+    private static File resourceStateFile;
+    private File moduleBuildDataFile;
+    private File resourceBuildDataFile;
+    private MavenProject project;
+    private String buildStateFilePath;
+    private String resourceStateFilePath;
+
+    private void readFullBuildState() {
+        buildStateFile = initialize(this::getBuildStateFile, fullBuildData,
+                buildStateFilePath.substring(0, buildStateFilePath.indexOf('/')), project);
+    }
+
+    private void readResourceBuildState() {
+        resourceStateFile = initialize(this::getResourceStateFile, fullResourceBuildData,
+                resourceStateFilePath.substring(0, resourceStateFilePath.indexOf('/')), project);
+
+    }
+
+    private File initialize(BiFunction<String, MavenProject, File> funct, Map store, String moduleCoordinate,
+            MavenProject proj) {
+        File file = funct.apply(moduleCoordinate, proj);
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);) {
+            if (store.isEmpty()) {
+                store.putAll(HashMap.class.cast(ois.readObject()));
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            store.clear();
+        }
+        return file;
+    }
+
+    private void writeFullBuildState() throws IOException {
+        writeState(buildStateFile, fullBuildData);
+    }
+
+    private void writeFullResourceBuildState() throws IOException {
+        writeState(resourceStateFile, fullResourceBuildData);
+    }
+
+    private void writeState(File file, Map store) throws IOException {
+        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) {
+            oos.writeObject(store);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private File getBuildStateFile(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj) {
+        return getStateFile(moduleCoordinate, proj, buildStateFilePath);
+    }
+
+    private File getResourceStateFile(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj) {
+        return getStateFile(moduleCoordinate, proj, resourceStateFilePath);
+    }
+
+    private File getStateFile(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj, String filePath) {
+        return new File(getTopParentProject(moduleCoordinate, proj).getBasedir(),
+                filePath.substring(filePath.indexOf('/') + 1));
+    }
+
+    private MavenProject getTopParentProject(String moduleCoordinate, MavenProject proj) {
+        if (getModuleCoordinate(proj).equals(moduleCoordinate) || proj.getParent() == null) {
+            return proj;
+        } else {
+            return getTopParentProject(moduleCoordinate, proj.getParent());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getModuleCoordinate(MavenProject project) {
+        return project.getGroupId() + ":" + project.getArtifactId();
+    }
+
+    void addModuleBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates, Long buildTime) {
+        Long lastTime = fullBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, buildTime);
+        try {
+            if (lastTime == null || !lastTime.equals(buildTime)) {
+                writeFullBuildState();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ignored) {
+            // ignored. No need to handle. System will take care.
+        }
+    }
+
+    void addResourceBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates, Long buildTime) {
+        if (project.getProperties().containsKey(RESOURCES_CHANGED)) {
+            Long lastTime = fullResourceBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, buildTime);
+            try {
+                writeFullResourceBuildState();
+            } catch (IOException ignored) {
+                // ignored. No need to handle. System will take care.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void addModuleBuildData(String moduleCoordinates, Map moduleBuildDependencies) {
+        moduleBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, moduleBuildDependencies);
+    }
+
+    Map<String, Object> readModuleBuildData() {
+        return readBuildData(moduleBuildDataFile);
+    }
+
+    void saveModuleBuildData(String moduleCoordinate) {
+        saveBuildData(moduleBuildDataFile, moduleBuildData.get(moduleCoordinate));
+    }
+
+    void saveResourceBuildData(String moduleCoordinate) {
+        saveBuildData(resourceBuildDataFile, resourceBuildData.get(moduleCoordinate));
+    }
+
+    private void saveBuildData(File file, Object dataToSave) {
+        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+        if (dataToSave != null) {
+            try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
+                 ObjectOutputStream ois = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) {
+                ois.writeObject(dataToSave);
+            } catch (IOException ignored) {
+                //ignored. do nothing. system will take care.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Map<String, Object> readResourceBuildData() {
+        return readBuildData(resourceBuildDataFile);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> readBuildData(File file) {
+        try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis)) {
+            return HashMap.class.cast(ois.readObject());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return new HashMap<>();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void addResourceBuildData(String moduleCoordinates, Map currentModuleResourceBuildData) {
+        resourceBuildData.put(moduleCoordinates, currentModuleResourceBuildData);
+    }
+
+    Long getBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates) {
+        if (fullBuildData.isEmpty()) {
+            readFullBuildState();
+            readResourceBuildState();
+        }
+        Long buildTime = fullBuildData.get(moduleCoordinates);
+        return buildTime == null ? 0 : buildTime;
+    }
+
+    Long getResourceBuildTime(String moduleCoordinates) {
+        Long resourceBuildTime = fullResourceBuildData.get(moduleCoordinates);
+        return resourceBuildTime == null ? 0 : resourceBuildTime;
+    }
+
+    boolean isCompileMust(String moduleCoordinates, Collection<String> dependencies) {
+        return isMust(this::getBuildTime, moduleCoordinates, dependencies);
+    }
+
+    boolean isTestMust(String moduleCoordinates, Collection<String> dependencies) {
+        return isMust(this::getResourceBuildTime, moduleCoordinates, dependencies);
+    }
+
+    private boolean isMust(Function<String, Long> funct, String moduleCoordinates, Collection<String> dependencies) {
+        Long time = funct.apply(moduleCoordinates);
+        if (time == null || time == 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        for (String module : dependencies) {
+            Long buildTime = funct.apply(module);
+            if (buildTime >= time) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void markModuleDirty(File file) throws IOException {
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(file.toPath());
+            Iterator<String> itr = lines.iterator();
+            while (itr.hasNext()) {
+                String line = itr.next();
+                Path path = Paths.get(line);
+                if (path.toFile().exists()) {
+                    if (path.toFile().setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis())) {
+                        break;
+                    } else {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/Constants.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/Constants.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96abc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/Constants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+public class Constants {
+
+    public static final String JACOCO_SKIP = "jacoco.skip";
+    public static final String FORK_COUNT = "fork.count";
+    public static final String JAVA_EXT = ".java";
+    public static final String CLASS_EXT = ".class";
+    public static final String SKIP_TEST_RUN = "skipTestRun";
+    public static final String MAIN = "main";
+    public static final String TEST = "test";
+    public static final String JAVA = "java";
+    public static final String RESOURCES_CHANGED = "resourcesChanged";
+    public static final String UNICORN = "unicorn";
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/InitializationHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/InitializationHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbf6f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/InitializationHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.FORK_COUNT;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.JACOCO_SKIP;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "init-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PRE_CLEAN,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.NONE)
+public class InitializationHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(JACOCO_SKIP) && Boolean.FALSE.equals(Boolean.valueOf(
+                System.getProperties().getProperty(JACOCO_SKIP)))) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(FORK_COUNT, "1");
+        } else {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(FORK_COUNT, "0");
+        }
+
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("classes", "classes/**/*.class");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("testClasses", "test-classes/**/*.class");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("mavenStatus", "maven-status/**");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("pmd", "pmd/**");
+            project.getProperties().setProperty("customGeneratedSources", "generated-sources/custom/**");
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostCompileHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostCompileHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ab3735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostCompileHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.CLASS_EXT;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.JAVA_EXT;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.MAIN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.RESOURCES_CHANGED;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "post-compile-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PROCESS_TEST_CLASSES,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
+public class PostCompileHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter
+    private Long staleThreshold;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> excludeDependencies;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainSourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testSourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputSourceFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputTestFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainResourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testResourceLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File compiledTestFilesList;
+
+
+    private File[] getCompiledClasses(File compiledFiles) {
+        if (!compiledFiles.exists()) {
+            return new File[0];
+        }
+        File[] list = null;
+        try {
+            list = Files.walk(Paths.get(compiledFiles.getAbsolutePath()))
+                        .filter(p -> p.toFile().getAbsolutePath().endsWith(CLASS_EXT)).map(p -> p.toFile())
+                        .sorted(this::compare).collect(Collectors.toList()).toArray(new File[0]);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        if (list == null || list.length == 0) {
+            return new File[0];
+        }
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    private int compare(File file1, File file2) {
+        if (file1.lastModified() > file2.lastModified()) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if (file1.lastModified() < file2.lastModified()) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private File[] getStaleCompiledClasses(File[] compiledClasses, File javaSourceLocation) {
+        List<File> staleFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (File file : compiledClasses) {
+            String classLocation = file.getAbsolutePath().replace(
+                    project.getBasedir().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "target" + File.separator, "");
+            String classLocationWithPackageOnly =
+                    classLocation.substring(classLocation.indexOf(File.separatorChar) + 1);
+            String sourceFilePath = javaSourceLocation.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + classLocationWithPackageOnly
+                                                                                                    .replace(CLASS_EXT,
+                                                                                                            JAVA_EXT);
+            if (Paths.get(sourceFilePath).toFile().exists()) {
+                return staleFiles.toArray(new File[0]);
+            } else {
+                staleFiles.add(file);
+            }
+        }
+        return staleFiles.toArray(new File[0]);
+    }
+
+    private boolean deleteAll(File[] files) {
+        for (File file : files) {
+            if (!file.delete()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        String moduleLocation = project.getBasedir().getAbsolutePath();
+
+        File[] mainClasses = getCompiledClasses(mainCompiledLocation);
+        processStaleClassesIfAny(mainClasses, mainSourceLocation, inputSourceFilesList);
+
+        File[] testClasses = getCompiledClasses(testCompiledLocation);
+        processStaleClassesIfAny(testClasses, testSourceLocation, inputTestFilesList);
+
+        if (mainClasses.length == 0 && testClasses.length == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        buildState.addModuleBuildTime(project.getGroupId() + ":" + project.getArtifactId(),
+                mainClasses.length > 0 ? mainClasses[mainClasses.length - 1].lastModified() :
+                        testClasses.length > 0 ? testClasses[testClasses.length - 1].lastModified() : 0);
+        buildState.saveModuleBuildData(moduleCoordinates);
+        Map<String, Object> resourceBuildData = getCurrentResourceBuildData();
+        Map<String, Object> lastTimeResourceBuildData = buildState.readResourceBuildData();
+        boolean resourceDataSame = resourceBuildData.equals(lastTimeResourceBuildData);
+        if (!resourceDataSame) {
+            buildState.addResourceBuildData(moduleCoordinates, resourceBuildData);
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+        }
+        boolean resourceMainBuildDataSameWithPreviousBuild =
+                lastTimeResourceBuildData.get(MAIN) != null && resourceBuildData.get(MAIN)
+                                                                                .equals(lastTimeResourceBuildData
+                                                                                                .get(MAIN));
+        if (!resourceMainBuildDataSameWithPreviousBuild) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(RESOURCES_CHANGED, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+        }
+        if (!project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN)) {
+            if (compiledTestFilesList.exists()
+                        && compiledTestFilesList.lastModified() > System.currentTimeMillis() - staleThreshold) {
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processStaleClassesIfAny(File[] classes, File sourceLocation, File listFile)
+            throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (classes.length > 0) {
+            List<File> list = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(classes));
+            File[] staleClasses = null;
+            boolean allStale = listFile.isFile() && listFile.length() == 0;
+            if (allStale) {
+                staleClasses = classes;
+                listFile.delete();
+            } else {
+                list.removeIf(f -> f.lastModified() > classes[classes.length - 1].lastModified() - staleThreshold);
+                staleClasses = getStaleCompiledClasses(list.toArray(new File[0]), sourceLocation);
+            }
+            if (!deleteAll(staleClasses)) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                        "****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + project.getBasedir()
+                                                                                                .getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> getCurrentResourceBuildData() {
+        HashMap<String, Object> resourceBuildStateData = new HashMap<>();
+        try {
+            resourceBuildStateData.put("main", readResources(mainResourceLocation));
+            resourceBuildStateData.put("test", readResources(testResourceLocation));
+            resourceBuildStateData.put("dependency", getDependencies());
+        } catch (IOException ioException) {
+            throw new UncheckedIOException(ioException);
+        }
+        return resourceBuildStateData;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Long> readResources(File file) throws IOException {
+        Map<String, Long> resources = new HashMap<>();
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            List<Path> list = Files.walk(Paths.get(file.getAbsolutePath())).filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                                   .collect(Collectors.toList());
+            for (Path path : list) {
+                resources.put(path.toFile().getAbsolutePath(), path.toFile().lastModified());
+            }
+        }
+        return resources;
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> getDependencies() {
+        Map<String, String> dependencies = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Artifact d : project.getArtifacts()) {
+            dependencies.put(d.getGroupId() + ":" + d.getArtifactId(), d.getVersion());
+        }
+        return dependencies;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostTestRunHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostTestRunHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b326f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PostTestRunHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "post-test-run-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.TEST,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.NONE)
+public class PostTestRunHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        buildState.saveResourceBuildData(moduleCoordinates);
+        if (project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN) && !Boolean.valueOf(
+                project.getProperties().getProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN))) {
+            if (!System.getProperties().containsKey("skipTests")) {
+                buildState.addResourceBuildTime(moduleCoordinates, System.currentTimeMillis());
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreCompileHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreCompileHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faa3167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreCompileHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.MAIN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.TEST;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "pre-compile-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_SOURCES,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
+public class PreCompileHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> excludeDependencies;
+    @Parameter
+    private File mainCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File testCompiledLocation;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputSourceFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputTestFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Map<String, Object> moduleBuildData = getCurrentModuleBuildData();
+        Map<String, Object> lastTimeModuleBuildData = buildState.readModuleBuildData();
+
+        boolean buildDataSameWithPreviousBuild = lastTimeModuleBuildData.get(MAIN) != null && moduleBuildData.get(MAIN)
+                                                                                                             .equals(lastTimeModuleBuildData
+                                                                                                                             .get(MAIN));
+        boolean isFirstBuild = buildState.getBuildTime(moduleCoordinates) == 0;
+
+        if (isCompileNeeded(HashMap.class.cast(moduleBuildData.get(MAIN)).keySet(), isFirstBuild,
+                buildDataSameWithPreviousBuild)) {
+            try {
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputSourceFilesList);
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputTestFilesList);
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, "false");
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!moduleBuildData.get(TEST).equals(lastTimeModuleBuildData.get(TEST))) {
+            try {
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputTestFilesList);
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!moduleBuildData.equals(lastTimeModuleBuildData)) {
+            buildState.addModuleBuildData(moduleCoordinates, moduleBuildData);
+        }
+
+        if (inputSourceFilesList.isFile() && inputSourceFilesList.length() == 0) {
+            if (!inputSourceFilesList.delete()) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                        "****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + project.getBasedir()
+                                                                                                .getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+        if (inputTestFilesList.isFile() && inputTestFilesList.length() == 0) {
+            if (!inputTestFilesList.delete()) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException(
+                        "****** Please remove 'target' directory manually under path " + project.getBasedir()
+                                                                                                .getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isCompileNeeded(Collection<String> dependencyCoordinates, boolean isFirstBuild,
+            boolean buildDataSame) {
+        return isFirstBuild || !buildDataSame || buildState.isCompileMust(moduleCoordinates, dependencyCoordinates);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> getCurrentModuleBuildData() {
+        Map<String, Object> moduleBuildData = new HashMap<>();
+        moduleBuildData.put(MAIN, new HashMap<String, String>());
+        moduleBuildData.put(TEST, new HashMap<String, String>());
+        if (project.getArtifacts() == null || project.getArtifacts().isEmpty()) {
+            return moduleBuildData;
+        }
+        for (Artifact dependency : project.getArtifacts()) {
+            if (excludeDependencies.contains(dependency.getScope())) {
+                HashMap.class.cast(moduleBuildData.get(TEST))
+                             .put(dependency.getGroupId() + ":" + dependency.getArtifactId(), dependency.getVersion());
+                continue;
+            }
+            HashMap.class.cast(moduleBuildData.get(MAIN))
+                         .put(dependency.getGroupId() + ":" + dependency.getArtifactId(), dependency.getVersion());
+        }
+        return moduleBuildData;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreTestCompileHelperMojo.java b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreTestCompileHelperMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e711cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-be/tools/compile-helper-plugin/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/onboarding/PreTestCompileHelperMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2018 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on a "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding;
+
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.JACOCO_SKIP;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.SKIP_TEST_RUN;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.RESOURCES_CHANGED;
+import static org.openecomp.sdc.onboarding.Constants.UNICORN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+
+@Mojo(name = "pre-test-compile-helper", threadSafe = true, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_TEST_RESOURCES,
+        requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
+public class PreTestCompileHelperMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+    @Parameter
+    private File compiledFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private Long staleThreshold;
+    @Parameter
+    private File inputTestFilesList;
+    @Parameter
+    private BuildState buildState;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true)
+    private MavenProject project;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.artifact.groupId}:${project.artifact.artifactId}")
+    private String moduleCoordinates;
+    @Parameter
+    private String excludePackaging;
+
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (!System.getProperties().containsKey(UNICORN)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (project.getPackaging().equals(excludePackaging)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (compiledFilesList.exists()
+                    && compiledFilesList.lastModified() > System.currentTimeMillis() - staleThreshold) {
+            try {
+                buildState.markModuleDirty(inputTestFilesList);
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+        boolean isTestMust = buildState.isTestMust(moduleCoordinates,
+                project.getDependencies().stream().map(d -> d.getGroupId() + ":" + d.getArtifactId())
+                       .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        if (isTestMust) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(RESOURCES_CHANGED, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+            if (!project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN)) {
+                project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        if (!project.getProperties().containsKey(SKIP_TEST_RUN)) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+        }
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(JACOCO_SKIP) && Boolean.FALSE.equals(Boolean.valueOf(
+                System.getProperties().getProperty(JACOCO_SKIP)))) {
+            project.getProperties().setProperty(SKIP_TEST_RUN, Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+        }
+    }
+}