Nesma has a very active community of volunteers, working together to advance the profession. The total Nesma community is split up into three practices. Each practice has one or more committees (working groups or special interest groups) who develop and maintain knowledge to help software measurement professionals. Each practice is headed by a practice lead:

Nesma is also participating in a number of committees of related organizations:

• COSMIC – Measurement Practices Committee
• IFPUG – Functional Sizing Standards Committee
• NEN – Norm Committee 381 007 Software and Systems engineering.