Planck/LFI Ground Tests: data management and analysis

Ground Tests are a fundamental milestone within the development of the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) which will fly onboard the ESA satellite PLANCK. They allow the collection of information which can not be supplied by monitoring onboard activity of the satellite during operations. Here methods and principles driving the management and elaboration of data collected during the Ground Tests campaign for the PLANCK/LFI are synthetically presented. Ground Tests take place in LABEN (Milano) and will last for about one year.