Capability 01
Templates and sticky notes
Discovery, quarterly planning, customer journey mapping and feature brainstorming each start from a reusable template.
Collaborative whiteboard
Visual Canvas: A whiteboard that stays attached to the work
Visual Canvas is the collaborative board inside SyncupHUB for discovery, planning and design. Sticky notes, flowcharts, UML, ERD and architecture diagrams live on it, and any shape can link to a real story, risk or decision — so the thinking from a workshop does not end up as a photograph.
Capability desk
What Visual Canvas does
Capability 02
Live collaboration
Teams add notes, shapes and connectors at the same time, and the board keeps a history of every change.
Capability 03
Shape libraries
Flowchart, UML, ERD, architecture, cloud and Kubernetes libraries on the same board as the workshop notes.
Capability 04
Linked to real work
Any note or shape links to a story, risk or decision. The story on the board is the story in the backlog, not a copy of it.
Capability 05
Dependency mapping
Dependencies surface as ideas connect, while the workshop is still running.
Capability 06
AI diagram proposals
AI can propose an architecture or a flow. Nothing is added to the board until someone accepts it.
How it works
Visual Canvas in four moves
No 9-month transformation programme. Most teams are live inside a fortnight and measuring outcomes by the end of the first quarter.
- 01
Start from a template
Discovery, quarterly planning, customer journey mapping and feature brainstorming each have a reusable template.
- 02
Work together, live
Teams add sticky notes, shapes and connectors at the same time, and the board keeps a history of every change.
- 03
Link the thinking to the work
Any note or shape links to a story, risk or decision, and dependencies surface as ideas connect.
- 04
Let AI propose, then review
AI-assisted diagram proposals arrive as suggestions you review before anything lands on the board.
Inside the product
Three modules, one continuous workflow
Module 01
Discovery and planning
Workshops that leave linked work behind.
- Templates for discovery, planning and journey mapping
- Sticky notes, shapes and connectors, live
- Dependency mapping while you brainstorm
- Board history
REQ-1042Multi-currency settlement rulesReady
REQ-1043Partner onboarding KYC flowIn review
REQ-1044Bulk refund authorisationNeeds detail
REQ-1045Audit export for regulatorReady
Module 02
Design and architecture
Diagrams on the same board as the thinking.
- Flowchart and UML
- ERD and architecture diagrams
- Cloud and Kubernetes shape libraries
- AI-assisted diagram proposals for review
Last 8 cycles+18% improvement
Module 03
Import and link
Bring diagrams in, and tie them to the backlog.
- Import from draw.io, Mermaid and Visio
- Selected Lucidchart exports
- Shapes linked to stories, risks and decisions
- Links that stay live as the work changes
Import from draw.io, Mermaid and Visio01
Selected Lucidchart exports02
Shapes linked to stories, risks and decisions03
Links that stay live as the work changes04
Who it is for
Built for the people accountable for the outcome
- 01
Product owners
Turn a discovery workshop into linked backlog items.
- 02
Architects
Keep architecture diagrams one click from the stories they affect.
- 03
Scrum masters
Run planning on a board that shows the dependencies.
- 04
Business analysts
Map journeys and processes that stakeholders can follow.
Works with
- draw.io
- Mermaid
- Visio
- Lucidchart (selected exports)
- Jira
Native connectors, webhooks and a documented REST API. Not listed? It is usually two days of work, and we will tell you before you buy.
- REST + Webhooks
- Documented, versioned API
- SSO / SCIM
- Okta, Entra ID, Google
- Cloud or private
- SaaS, VPC or on-prem
How you get it
Visual Canvas comes with SyncupHUB
Included at no additional cost
Everything here is part of your SyncupHUB subscription
There is no separate licence and no separate bill. Visual Canvas is part of SyncupHUB at no additional cost.
- Sticky notes, templates and live collaboration
- Flowchart, UML, ERD, architecture, cloud and Kubernetes libraries
- Nodes linked to stories, risks and decisions
- Dependency mapping while you brainstorm
- Reviewable AI-assisted diagram proposals
- Import from draw.io, Mermaid, Visio and selected Lucidchart exports
- Board history
FAQ
Questions we get about Visual Canvas
Discovery, planning and design inside SyncupHUB. It supports sticky notes, templates, flowcharts, UML, ERD and architecture diagrams, and links any shape to the story, risk or decision it is about, so workshop output becomes linked work.
Yes, and selected Lucidchart exports. How faithfully a diagram comes across depends on the format, so a complex diagram is worth a quick review after import.
AI can propose a diagram, such as an architecture or a flow, and the proposal appears for review. Nothing is added to the board until someone accepts it.
No. Visual Canvas is part of SyncupHUB at no additional cost.
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