This study addresses the need for Strategic Framework to Design Context-Specific Trainings to improve project management competencies. We conduct interviews with project managers to build a typology of contextualizing factors that impact on project management training in Pakistan through grounded theory approach. Using these factors, we propose a strategic framework to design context-specific training programs based on information provided by organizational needs assessment. We demonstrate the utility of such a needs assessment in a poorly studied industry sector and socio-geographic setting, among public service project managers in Pakistan, considering the training needs of project managers and the organizational capability of their workplaces. This study demonstrates the importance of contextual training for the development of training programs that are responsive to organizational capacity. The results of this study are discussed in context with projectification, building organizational capability and improving project management training, particularly in developing countries to improve project manager’s competencies.