Sure. Have a look at profiles in maven. They allow you to adjust various things (from the link) like:
<repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<dependencies>
<plugins>
<properties>
(not actually available in the main POM, but used behind the scenes)<modules>
<reporting>
<dependencyManagement>
<distributionManagement>
- a subset of the element, which consists of:
<defaultGoal>
<resources>
<testResources>
<finalName>