diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index adf846447..95e5314e2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ env:
   - DISPLAY=:99.0
 before_install:
   - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
-script: mvn clean verify -f ./ddk-parent/pom.xml
+  - export WORKSPACE=${PWD}
+script: mvn clean verify checkstyle:check pmd:check pmd:cpd-check findbugs:check -f ./ddk-parent/pom.xml --batch-mode --fail-at-end
diff --git a/ddk-configuration/launches/Maven Verify.launch b/ddk-configuration/launches/Maven Verify.launch
index 549ec6100..1d1b71e66 100644
--- a/ddk-configuration/launches/Maven Verify.launch	
+++ b/ddk-configuration/launches/Maven Verify.launch	
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.m2e.Maven2LaunchConfigurationType">
 <booleanAttribute key="M2_DEBUG_OUTPUT" value="false"/>
-<stringAttribute key="M2_GOALS" value="clean verify -f ddk-parent/pom.xml"/>
+<stringAttribute key="M2_GOALS" value="clean verify checkstyle:check pmd:check pmd:cpd-check findbugs:check -f ddk-parent/pom.xml --batch-mode --fail-at-end"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="M2_NON_RECURSIVE" value="false"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="M2_OFFLINE" value="false"/>
 <stringAttribute key="M2_PROFILES" value=""/>
 <listAttribute key="M2_PROPERTIES"/>
-<stringAttribute key="M2_RUNTIME" value="apache-maven-3.0.4"/>
+<stringAttribute key="M2_RUNTIME" value="EMBEDDED"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="M2_SKIP_TESTS" value="false"/>
 <intAttribute key="M2_THREADS" value="1"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="M2_UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS" value="false"/>
diff --git a/ddk-parent/pom.xml b/ddk-parent/pom.xml
index a24cc1f3d..a36655249 100644
--- a/ddk-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/ddk-parent/pom.xml
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@
     <compiler.showWarnings>true</compiler.showWarnings>
     <pmd.ruleset>${workspace}/ddk-configuration/pmd/ruleset.xml</pmd.ruleset>
     <pmd.test.ruleset>${workspace}/ddk-configuration/pmd/ruleset-test.xml</pmd.test.ruleset>
-    <checkstyle.skip>false</checkstyle.skip>
     <checkstyle.configLocation>${workspace}/ddk-configuration/checkstyle/avaloq.xml</checkstyle.configLocation>
     <checkstyle.test.configLocation>${workspace}/ddk-configuration/checkstyle/avaloq-test.xml</checkstyle.test.configLocation>
     <findbugs.excludeFilterFile>${workspace}/ddk-configuration/findbugs/exclusion-filter.xml</findbugs.excludeFilterFile>
-    <findbugs.skip>false</findbugs.skip>
     <findbugs.maxHeap>2048</findbugs.maxHeap>
 
     <!-- test parameter-->
@@ -281,8 +279,10 @@
         <configuration>
           <targetJdk>1.8</targetJdk>
           <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
-          <format>xml</format>
-          <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
+          <aggregate>true</aggregate>
+          <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+          <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
+          <verbose>true</verbose>
           <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
           <rulesets>
             <ruleset>${pmd.ruleset}</ruleset>
@@ -306,7 +306,10 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
-          <skip>${checkstyle.skip}</skip>
+          <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>
+          <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+          <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
+          <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
           <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
           <configLocation>${checkstyle.configLocation}</configLocation>
@@ -318,13 +321,12 @@
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${findbugs.plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
-          <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+          <findbugsXmlOutput>false</findbugsXmlOutput>
+          <failOnError>true</failOnError>
           <maxHeap>${findbugs.maxHeap}</maxHeap>
           <maxRank>15</maxRank>
           <threshold>Low</threshold>
           <excludeFilterFile>${findbugs.excludeFilterFile}</excludeFilterFile>
-          <skip>${findbugs.skip}</skip>
           <maxHeap>1024</maxHeap>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>