Example initial POM.xml for 1 of the 2 API's used in: https://www.hybrit.org/blog-mulesoft-parent-pom-in-5-steps/ a blog about creating a parent POM.xml for Mulesoft projects

blog-1-customer-system-api-pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>org.hybrit</groupId>
	<artifactId>customers-system-api</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>mule</packaging>
	<name>Mule customers-system-api Application</name>

    <properties>
	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
	<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
	<mule.version>3.9.0</mule.version>
    	<mule.tools.version>1.2</mule.tools.version>
    </properties>

    <build>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>			
                     <groupId>org.mule.tools.maven</groupId>
	        	<artifactId>mule-app-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.tools.version}</version>
			<extensions>true</extensions>
			<configuration>
                         <copyToAppsDirectory>true</copyToAppsDirectory>
			    <inclusions>
                              <inclusion>
                                  <groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
                                  <artifactId>mule-module-sfdc</artifactId>
                              </inclusion>
                         </inclusions>
                     </configuration>
		</plugin>
		    <plugin>
			<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
			<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>1.7</version>
			<executions>
				<execution>	
                                 <id>add-resource</id>
				    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
				    <goals>
				        <goal>add-resource</goal>
				    </goals>
				    <configuration>
				       <resources>
					    <resource>
						<directory>src/main/app/</directory>
    					    </resource>
					    <resource>
						<directory>src/main/api/</directory>
					    </resource>
					    <resource>
						<directory>mappings/</directory>
					    </resource>
					</resources>
				    </configuration>
				</execution>
			</executions>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>

	<!-- Mule Dependencies -->
	<dependencies>
		<!-- Xml configuration -->
		<dependency>
        	    <groupId>com.mulesoft.muleesb</groupId>
		    <artifactId>mule-core-ee</artifactId>
		    <version>${mule.version}</version>
		    <scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<!-- Xml configuration -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.mulesoft.muleesb.modules</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-module-spring-config-ee</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<!-- Mule Transports -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.mule.transports</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-transport-file</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.mule.transports</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-transport-http</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
        	<groupId>com.mulesoft.muleesb.transports</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-transport-jdbc-ee</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
        	<groupId>com.mulesoft.muleesb.transports</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-transport-jms-ee</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.mule.transports</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-transport-vm</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<!-- Mule Modules -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-module-scripting</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-module-xml</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<!-- for testing -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.mule.tests</groupId>
			<artifactId>mule-tests-functional</artifactId>
			<version>${mule.version}</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
	<dependency>
            <groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
            <artifactId>mule-module-http</artifactId>
            <version>${mule.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hybrit</groupId>
            <artifactId>order-management</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
            <type>zip</type>
        </dependency>
    <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
            <artifactId>mule-module-sfdc</artifactId>
            <version>8.5.0</version>
        </dependency>
    <dependency>
            <groupId>com.mulesoft.weave</groupId>
            <artifactId>mule-plugin-weave</artifactId>
            <version>${mule.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
            <artifactId>mule-module-json</artifactId>
            <version>${mule.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
	<repositories>
          <repository>
            <id>Central</id>
            <name>Central</name>
            <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>
        <repository>
            <id>mulesoft-releases</id>
            <name>MuleSoft Releases Repository</name>
            <url>http://repository.mulesoft.org/releases/</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>
    <repository>
            <id>mule-ee-releases</id>
            <name>MuleEE Releases Repository</name>
           <url>https://repository-master.mulesoft.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases-ee/</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
    <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
            <id>mulesoft-release</id>
            <name>mulesoft release repository</name>
            <layout>default</layout>
            <url>http://repository.mulesoft.org/releases/</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
    </pluginRepositories>
</project>