A bit of refactoring, so that there are now 4 primary phases.

There might be more phases introduced in the future.

@@ -708,6 +708,24 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             }
         });
 
+        var copyList = [];
+        var minifyList = [];
+        var revList = [];
+        var useList = [];
+        grunt.registerTask('do-copy', 'copy files', function() {
+            grunt.task.run(copyList);
+        });
+        grunt.registerTask('do-minify', 'minify files', function() {
+            grunt.task.run(minifyList);
+        });
+        grunt.registerTask('do-rev', 'rev files', function() {
+            if (mpConfig.useRev) {
+                grunt.task.run(revList);
+            }
+        });
+        grunt.registerTask('do-use', 'use files', function() {
+            grunt.task.run(useList);
+        });
         grunt.registerTask('build', 'build the system', function() {
             var buildList = [
                 'check',
@@ -724,59 +742,54 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             if (mpConfig.punch) {
                 buildList.push('punch:generate');
             }
+            useList.push('usemin:html');
             buildList.push('useminPrepare');    // html
             //buildList.push('usemin:views'
             if (mpConfig.bower) {
                 buildList.push('requirejs');        // script
             }
             if (mpConfig.css) {
-                buildList.push('copy:css');         // css
+                copyList.push('copy:css');      // css
+                minifyList.push('cssmin');      // css
+                revList.push('rev:css');        // css
+                useList.push('usemin:css');     // css
             }
             if (mpConfig.images) {
                 var minify = mpConfig.images.options.minify;
                 if (minify === undefined || minify) {
-                    buildList.push('imagemin');         // image
+                    copyList.push('imagemin');      // image
                 } else {
-                    buildList.push('copy:img');         // image
-                }
-                buildList.push('svgmin');           // image
-                if (mpConfig.useRev) {
-                    buildList.push('rev:img');          // image
+                    copyList.push('copy:img');      // image
                 }
+                minifyList.push('svgmin');          // image
+                revList.push('rev:img');            // image
             }
             //buildList.push('autoprefixer');     // css
             if (mpConfig.punch) {
-                buildList.push('concat:generated');         // montyPython
+                copyList.push('concat:generated');         // montyPython
             }
-            if (mpConfig.css) {
-                buildList.push('cssmin');                   // montyPython
+            if (mpConfig.uglify) {
+                minifyList.push('uglify:generated');         // montyPython
             }
+            copyList.push('copy:dist');
+            revList.push('rev:dist');                 // montyPython
+
+            buildList.push('do-copy');
+            buildList.push('do-minify');
             //'uglify:dist');
-            buildList.push('copy:dist');
             //'modernizr');
-            if (mpConfig.uglify) {
-                buildList.push('uglify:generated');         // montyPython
-            }
-            if (mpConfig.useRev) {
-                buildList.push('rev:dist');                 // montyPython
-                if (mpConfig.css) {
-                    buildList.push('rev:css');                  // montyPython
-                }
-            }
+            buildList.push('do-rev');
             buildList.push('fixRequireConfig');
             if (mpConfig.bower) {
                 buildList.push('concat:requirejs');         // montyPython
+                if (mpConfig.useRev) {
+                    buildList.push('rev:requirejs');
+                }
+                if (mpConfig.uglify) {
+                    buildList.push('uglify:montyPython');             // montyPython
+                }
             }
-            if (mpConfig.useRev) {
-                buildList.push('rev:requirejs');
-            }
-            if (mpConfig.bower && mpConfig.uglify) {
-                buildList.push('uglify:montyPython');             // montyPython
-            }
-            buildList.push('usemin:html');              // montyPython
-            if (mpConfig.css) {
-                buildList.push('usemin:css');               // montyPython
-            }
+            buildList.push('do-use');
             buildList.push('htmlmin');                  // montyPython
             buildList.push('deploy');                   // montyPython