diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index ea524ed20..7ce13fda0 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,31 +1,57 @@
-pipeline {
-    agent any
-    stages {
-        stage('Build') {
-            steps {
-                bat 'mvn clean'
-            }
+node {
+    try {
+        notifyBuild('STARTED')
+
+        stage('Prepare code') {
+            echo 'do checkout stuff'
         }
 
         stage('Testing') {
-            steps {
-                bat 'mvn test'
-            }
+            echo 'Testing'
+            echo 'Testing - publish coverage results'
         }
 
-        stage('Package') {
-            steps {
-                bat 'mvn package'
-            }
+        stage('Staging') {
+            echo 'Deploy Stage'
         }
 
         stage('Deploy') {
-            when{
-                branch 'master'
-            }
-            steps {
-                bat 'mvn deploy'
-            }
+            echo 'Deploy - Backend'
+            echo 'Deploy - Frontend'
         }
-    }
+
+  } catch (e) {
+    // If there was an exception thrown, the build failed
+    currentBuild.result = "FAILED"
+    throw e
+  } finally {
+    // Success or failure, always send notifications
+    notifyBuild(currentBuild.result)
+  }
+}
+
+def notifyBuild(String buildStatus = 'STARTED') {
+  // build status of null means successful
+  buildStatus =  buildStatus ?: 'SUCCESSFUL'
+
+  // Default values
+  def colorName = 'RED'
+  def colorCode = '#FF0000'
+  def subject = "${buildStatus}: Job '${env.JOB_NAME} [${env.BUILD_NUMBER}]'"
+  def summary = "${subject} (${env.BUILD_URL})"
+
+  // Override default values based on build status
+  if (buildStatus == 'STARTED') {
+    color = 'YELLOW'
+    colorCode = '#FFFF00'
+  } else if (buildStatus == 'SUCCESSFUL') {
+    color = 'GREEN'
+    colorCode = '#00FF00'
+  } else {
+    color = 'RED'
+    colorCode = '#FF0000'
+  }
+
+  // Send notifications
+  slackSend (color: colorCode, message: summary)
 }